The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Sajith Premadasa raised concerns about public security during the Committee Stage, arguing that the Police and Judiciary are under serious threat following incidents including a murder inside court premises and the killing of a retired prison officer. He questioned what assurances the Government could provide to prevent further attacks on courts and judges, noting that a suspect alleged to have planned the courthouse killing remained at large. He also criticized the situation in which the IGP was reportedly evading a court order and could not be located by the Police.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Chairman, I raise a national issue which by tradition the Leader of the Opposition could raise in the morning; that window is gone, so I raise it now during the Committee Stage.
¶ 02 Public security rests on two pillars: the Police and the Judiciary. Today both are under severe threat. Suspects are being murdered inside court premises. Fear, doubt and loss of respect engulf the courts and judges. When gunfire erupts in open court, the shock to judges is indescribable. What assurance can this Government give the country, the people and the judiciary that such acts will not recur? The woman who allegedly planned the courthouse murder has not been found to this moment. The IGP is absconding despite a court order, and even the Police cannot locate the IGP. This is a farce.
¶ 03 Public security nationwide is in disarray. I wish to note just yesterday’s incidents; we cannot belittle them. Yesterday, a retired Prison Department officer from Boossa Prison service was brutally murdered in broad daylight...
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