The Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law

¶ 01 Please allow me one more minute, Hon. Presiding Member.

¶ 02 You said 159 came to Parliament like the late Lakshman Kadirgamar. Meanwhile, 17 passports were forged and taken away from your own Ministry. To date you do not know who took them. Yet you came to catch thieves—within your own Ministry a secretary forged passports and took them. The Government came into power—have you, until today, caught who took those passports? No.

¶ 03 There were 323 containers that left the port. We still ask about that. You said two cocaine containers were released from the port and taken to Mideniya. We ask the Government: who issued the letter to release those two containers? If there was an international intelligence tip, in Sri Lanka neither Customs nor the Port would ever release those two containers without written notice. We ask: was the letter given by the President, the Minister in charge of the Police, or the IGP? Of these three, who authorized releasing those two cocaine containers?

¶ 04 Finally, I ask you to set aside your pettiness, hatred, and sense of self-importance and listen to the trade unions and doctors. Also, regarding national security and the safety of individuals, there is a problem. The underworld has raised its head and is killing people. I urge the implementation of a just and effective program to prevent and stop this.

¶ 05 Thank you very much.