The Hon. K. Kader Masthan
Hon. K. Kader Masthan urged the Government, citing its anti-racist and equality-based mandate, to provide housing assistance to the 308 affected families. While affirming acceptance of the Supreme Court judgment and respect for judicial independence, he claimed the outcome was driven by legal technicalities and racist actors, and requested that justice be ensured for those affected.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Prime Minister, your Government came to power on an anti-racist, equality-based policy platform. With regard to the affected 308 families in this matter, the Government must make arrangements to provide them with housing in some form.
¶ 02 As you stated, we too accept the Supreme Court judgment and safeguard judicial independence. To my knowledge, since independence this has not happened in our history. Lawyers have presented legal technicalities to obtain such a judgment. You yourself know this was orchestrated by a racist group. Therefore, I request that justice be secured for the affected people.
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- Hansard, Wednesday, 6 August 2025 ·No. 1755159820030645 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. K. Kader Masthan. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 August 2025. No. 1755159820030645. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17046