National Security Advisor Sagala Ratnayaka who is also the Chief of Staff to President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the government would take severe action against those who spread falsehoods about VAT increase among people.
Ratnayaka said that legal action would be instituted against those who spread lies and instigate people against the VAT increase.
He said that there was information that some parties with vested interests were creating dissent and displeasure against the government by spreading false accounts about the VAT increase.
(The Island)
