The Hon. Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam

¶ 01 I am urging you, Hon. Dilith Jayaweera, please refrain from doing such things in the interest of the country. That is what I would like to urge you to do.

¶ 02 Then, I would like to refer to the Easter Sunday attacks also. The Easter Sunday attacks are, again, an accountability issue. The Cardinal himself, a few years after the Easter Sunday attacks, came out and said that he has no faith in a domestic mechanism. He said that. The Cardinal, not recently, but a few years after the Easter Sunday attacks happened, came out and said that he has no faith in a domestic mechanism. And, the President’s comments the other day about investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks being a little difficult because the State has to investigate the State justify the Cardinal’s position. So, now, the Cardinal, a few years after the Easter Sunday attacks, has asked for an international investigation.

¶ 03 Also, our party - we are the largest party which represents the victim community - for 16 years since 2009 and it will be 17 years in a few months, have been raising about this domestic mechanism. When do you think our people would finally get to know the truth? You all have no reason to protect the Rajapaksas. Why are you all worried? Were you all part of the group who committed or accused of committing those crimes? No.