The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law
Namal Rajapaksa criticised the Government for blaming the Opposition over issues such as the human–elephant conflict instead of presenting solutions. He raised the Weligama shooting incident, questioning claims that such violence is only due to underworld clashes and asking whether a JVP/Malimawa member whose house was targeted was being treated as linked to organized crime. He urged the Government to investigate allegations that a government vehicle was used in an abduction connected to the incident and complained that the inquiry was proceeding slowly compared with other investigations.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Finally, even for human–elephant conflict, you blame the Opposition. When the Government has no plan or answer, you accuse the Opposition and conduct your customary political reprisals.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees, please give me one more minute. I must raise one more matter — the Weligama shooting. You said organized crime occurs due to clashes among underworld gangs. In Weligama, shots were fired at the house of one of your own — a JVP — members. Is that MP also an organized criminal? People say those who came and abducted someone came in a Government vehicle. I do not know the exact status of the investigation — please investigate that too. You are swiftly investigating other things. But the Weligama investigation is proceeding very slowly as if there is no interest. In the end they even came to the house of a Member in Malimawa and shot.
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Cite as: The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13741