VIP vehicle nearly hits President's car

Lankapuvath) – President Mahinda Rajapakse without security and backup vehicles was touring the city of Colombo a short while ago to monitor vehicular conduct of VIPs on the road.

While the President was proceeding towards the Parliament Road, a government Minister’s security convoy nearly brushed on the President’s vehicle.

The President told another in his car, ‘I personally came to see the trouble these VIPs are giving the ordinary people on the road. See how that fellow is driving that convoy nearly hitting me”, and the President looked to be in an angry mood.

Last week President Rajapakse warned his Ministers not to cause problems to the public on the road in driving fast as he got many reports on VIP vehicles hitting innocent people on the road.

The President is likely to continue these sudden routine checks on the road to gather first-hand information on VIP vehicular misconduct in public.