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Teacher-principal TUs call off protests

07 Aug 2021

Ulapane Sumangala Thero, the president of teacher-principal trade union federation has said that trade unions representing teachers and principals have decided to call off their protest march which was scheduled from Pasyala to Colombo today (07). This decision is said to have been made after consideration of the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country. Yesterday (06), the Association of Medical Specialists (AMS) requested the trade unions to temporarily halt their protest campaign for the safety and health of the country. The AMS also mentioned that politicians may blame the trade unions if clusters of the delta variant emerge. Ven. Sumangala Thero stated that they decided to take a step back after considering the request of the AMS. Alleging that the pandemic situation worsened due to the short-sighted actions of the government, he also claimed that authorities are now attempting to frame teachers and principals as responsible for this new COVID wave.  


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