https://www.reddit.com/r/(...)ate_bombing/elyx2yg/For those wondering what the heck is going on, there is currently a breakdown of communication between two factions in the Sri Lankan government. Their President and Prime Minister are bitter enemies. Last year, the President tried to fire the Prime Minister, but was blocked by the Supreme Court.
India keeps tabs on terrorism activity in the Indian subcontinent. Earlier this year they captured and interrogated an ISIS jihadi, who told them about a plot to bomb churches in Sri Lanka. Indian authorities followed this lead and discovered a plot organized by a man named Mohammed Zahran and his associates, from the National Thowheeth Jama’ath, an Islamist organization in Sri Lanka. They obtained very specific details, including the names of the leaders, the exact churches they were planning to attack, and the date of the attack.
On April 4, India passed this information on to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense, which is in charge of police as well as the military. However, the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense is currently in the hands of the President of Sri Lanka, who also holds the portfolio of Minister of Defense. The President was out of the country at the time, so the Indian information was passed to the Sri Lankan Chief of Police.
The Chief of Police is a political appointee, who owes loyalty to the President. He apparently follows the philosophy that his boss’s enemies are his enemies too, and since his boss hates the Prime Minister, the Chief of Police also hates the Prime Minister. Therefore, he did not pass the Indian information on to the Prime Minister’s Office, he sat on it and waited for his boss to return to the country.
Meanwhile, India sent a second memo with additional information they had collected on April 12, and then a third memo on April 20, one day before the bombing. All of these memos were ignored by Sri Lanka’s Defense Ministry. None were shared with the Prime Minister’s Office.
So now after the bombing, this feud between the President and Prime Minister is causing a shitstorm in Sri Lanka. The blame clearly lies with the Ministry of Defense, which was given the information but sat on it. The Ministry of Defense belongs to the President, so he’s come under fire. He responded by blaming his underlings, and firing the Chief of Police and the Defense Secretary.
But the fact is, the Chief of Police and Defense Secretary did not act alone. The reason why they sat on the information and didn’t share it with the Prime Minister’s Office is because they are the President’s appointees, and the President hates the Prime Minister. They thought they were fulfilling their boss's wishes.