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VALID PROTESTS IN DEMOCRACY – Gajalakshmi Paramasivam Adaderana report – ‘Dozens arrested at protest in front of Presidential Secretariat’ states: [Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana stated that statements are being recorded from the arrestees. They are to be produced before the court under provisions of the Quarantine & Prevention of Diseases Ordinance, the Penal Code and the National Thoroughfares Act.] We have had similar protests here in Australia also and they were stated to be specifically against the governments’ rules regarding Covid. When are such protests moral in democracy? In democracy – the power of the People is vested in the government. The power is that of belief. Hence, even though government has majority votes, minority that believes through an adverse form has the power to defeat it. This was manifested twice in Sri Lankan Parliament where Tamils became the official Opposition. The first was in 1977 which confirmed the ...