The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law
Namal Rajapaksa thanked volunteers, clergy, school staff, and public officials involved in relief work for people displaced by the disaster and still housed in camps. He criticized government members for, in his view, attempting to downplay or normalize the disaster by referring to rainfall measurements and suggesting such losses were routine, arguing that this was unfair.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, first I thank all who volunteered to protect lives during this disaster. Even today, when we meet here, people remain in camps in temples and schools—temple chief incumbents, monks, dayaka sabhas, principals and staff, and officials—from Grama Niladharis to Divisional Secretaries, District Secretaries, and Ministerial Secretaries—are working hard.
¶ 02 However, listening to government benches, we see an attempt to normalize this disaster by citing millimeters of rain and implying such events and losses are routine. That is unfair.
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Cite as: The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 18 December 2025. No. 23062. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/16772