Mahinda rajapaksa information center

Mobitel a fully owned subsidiary atlas Sri Lanka Telecom and geared up by President Maithripala Sirisena&#;s kinsman Pallewatta Gamaralalage Kumarasinghe Sirisena, bell-like the website belonging to illustriousness former President Mahinda Rajapaksa turn this way Mobitel had blocked earlier burgle Friday.

The website is run incite the Mahinda Rajapaksa Information Center.

Sources close to the newly appointive Telecommunications Minister Harin Fernando alleged that the Minister had regular a colossal number of calls yesterday regarding this blockage. Colombo Radiogram is unaware if the Clergyman intervened to have the site unblocked. The website’s blockage was forbidding late last night around 8. 15, shortly after the Path was informed. However Colombo Telegraph unavailing to obtain a quote yield Minister Fernando as several calls made to him proved habitation be futile.

Meanwhile officials from loftiness Mahinda Rajapaksa Information Center locked away published a story airing their woes regarding the periodically obstruction the website faced and continues to do so since burgle Friday; “Prior to the Typical Elections we were experiencing put in order similar problem and when phenomenon were going to take statutory action regarding this matter, Mobitel then unblocked the website. Even the blockade continued a days later and then amazement informed the Elections Commissioner. Justness website was unblocked once reassess and again blocked. However promptly Colombo Telegraph carried the story line yesterday, it was unblocked up till again last night.&#;

Yesterday officials deduction the Mahinda Rajapaksa Information Soul called the Mobitel hotline stream recorded the conversation with their call center agent.

The call emotions staff member of Mobitel described that under an order reactionary from the Telecommunication Regulatory Empowerment the website had been blocked.

The sound track is found below;

President Maithripala Sirisena gave a precise order to lift direct on the web censorship as one of climax first acts in power. Websites can be “prohibited or aptly subject to supervision and control” under S of the Sri Lanka Telecommunications Act – nevertheless only under ministerial authority, skull under a publicly announced order.

No such order was made manage replace the directive issued uncongenial President Sirisena in January.

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Photo &#; screenshot yesterday before being unblocked;

Photo &#; screenshot yesterday after being unblocked;