The Hon. Rishad Bathiudeen
Rishad Bathiudeen urged the Government to appoint qualified people from all ethnic and religious communities to committees and task forces, without political or sectarian bias. He said national progress depends on peace, justice, functioning courts, human rights protection, and ethnic and religious harmony, which he argued are necessary to attract tourism and investment. He called for action against human rights violations regardless of the offender’s background.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Thank you.
¶ 02 Also, I request your Government: when appointing committees and task forces, please appoint across all ethnicities and religions — qualified people, beyond politics. We fully support good initiatives. The country must progress. It is enough that we struggled; our children must live in peace here. Investments must come. If we keep portraying that the country is in constant crisis, investments will not come and the country will not progress. We have no oil, no gas, no gold, no minerals. At least if we have ethnic and religious harmony, security, justice and peace, tourists will come; if the courts function properly, tourists will trust us, and investments will follow. We all must work together, acting as if this is our country. Please take action, without ethnic or religious bias, against whoever violates human rights. I kindly request this. Thank you.
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