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The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna· National List· 22 July 2025 ·Debate: Debate: National Minimum Wage of Workers and Budgetary Relief Allowance Bills (Second and Third Readings)

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Namal Rajapaksa questioned the Government’s ability to ensure public security, citing a shooting at a Pradeshiya Sabha member’s house despite police presence. He also referred to allegations that two Pradeshiya Sabha members abducted someone in a luxury vehicle and noted another shooting the previous day, arguing that such incidents raise concerns about the protection of ordinary citizens.

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¶ 01 Even with police present, if a Government cannot protect its own Member, what can it say about the protection of ordinary citizens? How will you protect the public if, despite police at a Pradeshiya Sabha member’s house, there is a shooting; if your two Pradeshiya Sabha members come in a luxury vehicle and abduct someone? Yesterday too there was another shooting.

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Hansard, Tuesday, 22 July 2025 ·No. 1753443916033328 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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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/13743