Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe
Hon. M. S. Uthumalebbe urged the leadership of Parliament to ensure justice, fairness, and respect for the dignity of all Members regardless of changes in government or opposition. He argued that unity within Parliament is necessary to promote ethnic unity in the country and called on all sides to work together on matters beneficial to Sri Lanka.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Look at the past! There are 225 seats here; governments change, oppositions change, ministers change—but the seats remain. Therefore, we ask you, on behalf of our people, to act with justice and fairness. Only then can we build ethnic unity. If we do not have unity among ourselves in this Parliament, how can we expect it from others? Members of Parliament have a dignity.
¶ 02 As far as I am concerned, our Hon. Speaker, the President, our Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition, the Leader of the House—all have an important role. You must protect the dignity of Members of this House. It is a very important tradition. We come here to speak about the people’s problems. But some of your actions suggest that you see us as if we were in government for five years and did you wrong. Do not forget that we too were in the opposition with you. Therefore, let us all unite and work together on what is good for the country. Thank you for the opportunity. Wassalaam.
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