Hon. Mujibur Rahman, M.P.
Profession: Politician
Speeches 277 #16 of 225·#7 in party
Attendance 8/8 days present (of recorded)
Top topic Parliamentary Procedure 115 speeches
Last spoke 10 June 2026 in Debate
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84 sittings · counts only, no scoring.
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AI summary AI-assigned tags, 1–3 per speech. Counts only — not a score.
Speech history
277 speeches- 18 November 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman questioned the Government’s commitment to prosecuting past crimes, alleging that officials implicated in the Thajudeen case and in manipulating related records now hold advisory or official positions, including at the Ministry of Public Security and the President’s office. He also referred to the Dr. Shafi case, citing CID findings tabled in court that he said identified a conspiracy by senior police officers and others to fabricate allegations for political purposes. He demanded to know how justice could be pursued while individuals allegedly involved in these matters remain in or are promoted within state positions. Committee Stage Debate: Appropriation Bill 2026 - Defence and Public Security Expenditure Heads Corruption & Governance ReformLaw & OrderJustice & Human Rights Read →
- 18 November 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman questioned the Government’s progress on investigations it had pledged to pursue, including the Easter Sunday attacks and the deaths or assaults of Lasantha Wickrematunge, Prageeth Ekneligoda, Wasim Thajudeen, Keith Noyahr, Poddala Jayantha, and matters relating to Dr. Shafi. Speaking during the expenditure heads for Public Security and Defence, he argued that despite a year in office, key cases had not advanced, citing the absence of progress in Lasantha Wickrematunge’s case and the lack of investigation into the assault on Poddala Jayantha. He also referred to court proceedings in the Thajudeen case, including a 2016 statement by a former Narahenpita Crimes OIC, and questioned the Government’s handling and publicity of a recent arrest said to be connected to that murder. Committee Stage Debate: Appropriation Bill 2026 - Defence and Public Security Expenditure Heads Justice & Human RightsCorruption & Governance ReformLaw & Order Read →
- 15 November 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman asked the Minister to provide the names of politicians alleged to have influenced the applicants listed. He requested that this additional list be tabled in Parliament. Debate: Committee Stage - Appropriation Bill 2026, Special Spending Units (Heads 1, 2, 4-11, 13, 16-25) Corruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 15 November 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman criticised the Government’s claims of good governance, alleging that individuals associated with previous administrations and controversial decisions have been retained as advisers or senior officials. He questioned delays in CIABOC action, the failure to establish a promised Select Committee on the release of 309 Customs containers, and the extension granted to the former Customs Director General despite findings in a presidential committee report. He also challenged refusals of RTI requests by the Presidential Media Division on national security grounds and cited the Government’s earlier allegations over bar permits, noting that the Treasury Secretary had informed the Supreme Court the permits were lawful. Debate: Committee Stage - Appropriation Bill 2026, Special Spending Units (Heads 1, 2, 4-11, 13, 16-25) Justice & Human RightsCorruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 14 November 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman criticised the Government’s anticipated 2026 tax policies, arguing that repeated taxation would worsen poverty, widen social inequality, and deepen class divisions. He warned that public protests could follow and stated that the Samagi Jana Balawegaya would join and lead such public action. Debate: Second Reading of Appropriation Bill 2026 – Sixth Allotted Day Cost of LivingPublic Finance Read →
- 14 November 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman questioned the Government’s post-IMF programme roadmap after the final review due in March 2027, arguing that the Budget lacks proposals to increase exports, attract investment, strengthen the labour market, or advance trade and investment agreements. He demanded disclosure of agreements signed with India, the United States and China, and criticized the reduction of VAT and Social Security Contribution Levy thresholds from Rs. 60 million to Rs. 36 million as harmful to small and medium traders. He alleged the Budget favours large business interests, citing liquor licensing and the Mannar wind power project, and asked what practical support had been provided to ordinary small businesses beyond schoolchildren’s vouchers. He also tabled the U.S. Department of State’s “2025 Sri Lanka Investment Climate Statement,” highlighting concerns about investor confidence, absence of a unified foreign investment policy, red tape, electricity costs, non-implementation of the Economic Transformation Bill, and lack of a unified tax policy. Debate: Second Reading of Appropriation Bill 2026 – Sixth Allotted Day Foreign AffairsEmploymentPublic Finance Read →
- 14 November 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman argued that the Government is allowing the NPP party office in Pelawatte to influence state administration, citing the Colombo Municipal Council as an example. He criticized the Budget as a continuation of revenue measures introduced under former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, including higher VAT, levies, and IMF-linked policies, despite the NPP having opposed them in Opposition. He alleged that taxes on essentials, school supplies, vehicles, rice, and salt have increased the cost of living, worsened poverty, and reduced purchasing power, and called for VAT on school items to be removed. He also accused the Government of failing to support potato and onion farmers during market gluts and said many Budget proposals were recycled from previous policies. Debate: Second Reading of Appropriation Bill 2026 – Sixth Allotted Day Cost of LivingPublic FinanceCorruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 8 November 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman raised a procedural clarification, noting that the debate initiated by the President was the Second Reading Debate, not the Committee Stage Discussion. He sought to distinguish the current stage of proceedings from a later committee-stage consideration. Second Reading Debate: Appropriation Bill, 2026 Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 8 November 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman presented a petition from Mr. Gunaratnam Jude Wimalaraj of Kocchivilmottai Periyapandivirichchan, Madhu, Mannar, submitted on behalf of the Kochchivilmottai Farmers’ Organization and another party. Petitions Presented Parliamentary ProcedureAgriculture Read →
- 23 October 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman condemned the assassination of Weligama Pradeshiya Sabha Chairman Lasantha Wickramasekara and criticized the Minister of Public Security for suggesting alleged criminal links after the killing instead of calling for due process and justice. He questioned the Government’s claim that it is dismantling a “criminal state,” alleging that officials implicated in past misconduct, including the 2019 Dr. Shafi case, had been protected or promoted despite investigative records. He tabled related material and called for accountability in unresolved cases involving attacks on journalists, media institutions, and other alleged political crimes. Adjournment Debate: Organized Crime, Drug Trafficking and Nation Together Programme (Ratama Ekata) Law & OrderJustice & Human RightsCorruption & Governance Reform Read →
- 22 October 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman raised concern that the media head of the Palestine Embassy had allegedly been repeatedly summoned and questioned by local police over pro-Palestine social media content, and asked for an inquiry into why officials were exerting pressure on Palestine-related media activity. He also questioned the new requirement limiting post-Cabinet media briefing attendance to journalists holding Government Information Department identity cards, asking whether the rule could be relaxed to allow broader media access. Oral Question: Investigations into Assassinations, Abductions or Assaults of Journalists Since 2010 (Q.2/2025) Justice & Human RightsForeign Affairs Read →
- 22 October 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman raised a supplementary question about journalists, noting past incidents involving print media around 2010 and alleging that, over the past year, YouTube and social media journalists posting content on Palestine have been summoned and questioned for hours by the Terrorism Investigation Division. He asked whether the authorities are aware of this practice and what action they intend to take. Oral Question: Investigations into Assassinations, Abductions or Assaults of Journalists Since 2010 (Q.2/2025) Foreign AffairsJustice & Human Rights Read →
- 22 October 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media to provide details on journalists assassinated, abducted or assaulted since 2010, including the number and names of those affected. He also requested an update on the progress of investigations aimed at ensuring justice, and asked for reasons if the information could not be provided. Oral Question: Investigations into Assassinations, Abductions or Assaults of Journalists Since 2010 (Q.2/2025) Law & OrderJustice & Human Rights Read →
- 26 September 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman argued that COPE findings should be followed by legal action to effectively reduce fraud and corruption, citing the Anti-Corruption Act and the Government’s mandate for transparency after 2022. He raised concerns about alleged selective enforcement and lack of inquiry in matters including the Mannar wind power project, the release of 309 unexamined containers, a liquor distillery licence, appointments in the Bribery Commission, and reported delays in corruption cases. He also questioned refusals to provide Right to Information details on Presidential Secretariat matters and warned that perceived shielding of government-linked individuals would undermine public trust in rule of law. Adjournment Debate: Fourth Report of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Justice & Human RightsCorruption & Governance ReformLaw & Order Read →
- 26 September 2025 AI summary Requested that the Minister inquire into the suspension of several bus services in Colombo, specifically noting that the recently launched Route 155 Mattakkuliya–Fort service had ceased operating after its ceremonial commencement. Oral Question: Container Release from Colombo Port (Q.1/2025) Infrastructure Read →
- 26 September 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman raised concerns about delays in issuing driving licence cards and vehicle number plates, noting that applicants since 2023 still rely on temporary paper licences and that many vehicles reportedly lack plates despite fees of around Rs. 5,000 being charged. He asked the relevant Minister how long it would take to resolve these administrative backlogs. Oral Question: Container Release from Colombo Port (Q.1/2025) InfrastructurePublic Finance Read →
- 24 September 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman raised concerns about delays in accountability over the death of child Hamdi Fasleen after alleged medical negligence, noting that CID findings had been sent to the Attorney General six months earlier but no indictment or ministerial report had followed. He criticised the Government’s new merit-based judicial promotion and transfer process, alleging lack of transparency, bypassing of seniority, incomplete Judicial Service Commission participation, and no appeal mechanism, and proposed a special parliamentary committee to examine the matter. He also cited a Dehiwala Magistrate’s Court case involving alleged forcible acquisition of property, questioning why police had not acted on judicial arrest orders allegedly because a Government Minister was involved, and alleged unequal application of the law and interference with judicial postings. Debate: Penal Code (Amendment) Bill - Second Reading Corruption & Governance ReformJustice & Human RightsParliamentary Procedure Read →
- 24 September 2025 AI summary There is none. Questions under Standing Order 27(2): Executive Presidency and SVAT Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 12 September 2025 AI summary Mujibur Rahuman made a brief critical remark, stating that the matter under discussion reflects the manner in which the relevant parties carry out their actions. No specific proposal, question, or legislative issue was raised in the excerpt. Oral Question: Co-operative Development Functions (Q.4/2025) Parliamentary Procedure Read →
- 12 September 2025 AI summary Hon. Mujibur Rahuman raised concerns that common facilities and land reserved for residents in housing schemes, citing parking areas at Maligawatte flats, are allegedly being allocated to private use despite complaints. He argued that this contravenes condominium and housing laws and requested urgent action to restore such spaces to residents. He also questioned reports that the Pettah Floating Market may be handed over to an individual without a tender, despite an earlier Urban Development Authority redevelopment plan with Japanese cooperation, and asked whether the Deputy Minister was aware and whether approval was being sought. Oral Question: Condominium Management Authority Objectives (Q.3/2025) Corruption & Governance ReformLand & Housing Read →