Black Cap Movement concludes contribution to Galle Face protest

Black Cap Movement has decided to conclude their contribution to the Galle Face protest with effect from today (28).

"We believe that there is no reason for us to continue occupying the Galle Face protest site now that its primary objective has been fulfilled. As such the protest has expanded into a broader socio-political space and as such we hereby conclude our contribution to the Galle Face protest with effect from today," they say in a statement.

The statement further notes :

The next step would be to fulfill the unfulfilled demands that were drafted alongside the ‘Gota Go Home’ campaign and as such this protest requires a new phase to bring about these reforms.

These demands have been included in the ‘Beyond Galle Face’ declaration which was drafted following discussions with various stakeholders at the Galle Face protest site which were held from April 12 to May 12.

As such, our protest hereby aims at bringing about these reforms and we look forward to join hands with civil society and political movements to achieve this objective. We hereby name this phase as ‘Aragalaya 4.0’.

The full statement of the Black Cap Movement is as follows :