The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law
Namal Rajapaksa questioned the Government’s characterization of recent shootings as clashes between organized criminal groups, asking whether affected local government members and their families were also being implied to have criminal links. He argued that repeated accusations in Parliament do not ensure justice for the public and criticized the governing party for, in his view, shifting from representing ordinary people to making policy with business elites.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson, please give me one more minute.
¶ 02 This was regarding the father of one of your own Pradeshiya Sabha members — is he also an organized criminal? You say two organized criminal groups are fighting each other. But now they are shooting even at Members’ houses in Malimawa. Are the Malimawa Members also linked to organized crime? You can keep playing the same old record and bring the same accusations into Parliament. But think whether this process delivers justice to the people. You once stood as a party on behalf of the common man — we accept that. But today 100 percent of your policies are made sitting with the business elite.
¶ 03 Thank you for the time, Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees.
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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/13745