The Hon. Ananda Wijepala
Ananda Wijepala raised a point of order responding to Dayasiri Jayasekara’s claim that different laws were applied to arrests in the North and South. He said he had consulted the Inspector-General of Police, who stated that the relevant matters in the North were handled under the Prevention of Terrorism Act, and argued that Jayasekara’s claim was false and inflammatory.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of order.
¶ 02 Mr. Speaker sir, a short while ago, Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara stated that different laws are applied during arrests in the North and the South. I inquired from the Inspector-General of Police just now. He said matters in the North were not dealt with under two different laws but under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Therefore, Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara has again made an inflammatory, communal statement saying there is one law for the North and another for the South. Presenting such falsehoods here only serves to repeatedly exhibit their political bankruptcy.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 December 2024. No. 1733893521018713. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/25550