The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe alleged that past governments tolerated or sheltered organized criminals and were linked to incidents such as the killing of Wasim Thajudeen and white-van abductions. He argued that such abuses contributed to the country’s decline and contrasted that period with the present, saying criticism of President Anura Dissanayake is now freely expressed while truths about the past are emerging.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 All right, but do not ask me with salt and lime. Who was “Amare” of Julampitiya? Who killed Thajudeen? Who abducted citizens in white vans? Organized criminals harboured and kept in homes, in Medamulana, at Temple Trees—this is how the country was dragged down. Today they insult Anura Dissanayake as much as they can; had they insulted Gotabaya, Mahinda, or Namal then, nothing would have remained but ashes. Do not stand up with fake points of order to ask me about your past. It is because of those actions the country fell. Now truths are emerging one by one.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 22 July 2025 ·No. 1753443916033328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13736