Those who create extraordinary powers may one day fall prey to them: Sajith warns

"Governments change. Power changes hands," Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa warned in a statement.

"Those who believe they are untouchable today may one day find themselves at the mercy of the very powers they created," he said.

Laws granting extraordinary powers to a government may ultimately be used against those who introduced them, he noted.

Comparing the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), introduced in 1979 as a temporary measure, he said Sri Lanka has still not recovered from its effects.