The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara responded to concerns about an incident in Trincomalee, stating that the law is being enforced equally and that there is no separate legal standard for different ethnic or religious groups. He assured citizens in all regions that the Government would not permit racism or discrimination. He also referred to plans to establish a Director of Public Prosecutions, saying it would prosecute all crimes and questioning the link made between that office and war crimes.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Regarding the comments made by Hon. Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam about the incident in Trincomalee, I responded. The law is being enforced. There is no separate law for Tamils, for Muslims, or for Buddhist monks in our country. Everyone is equal under one law. At the same time, I call on everyone, whether you are in the North, the East or the South, to understand that you are Sri Lankans and you are safe with our Government. We will not allow racism to raise its ugly head at any point.
¶ 02 Secondly, the Director of Public Prosecutions is an office that we are going to establish. Thank you for agreeing with that mechanism. But how you try to equate war crimes with the DPP, I do not understand. We can discuss it later. The DPP will prosecute every crime in this country, so I do not understand your equation.
¶ 03 Finally, I want to say that all the people in this country are citizens and no matter to what race you belong or wherever you live, you are safe under our Government. We will not discriminate against you.
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- Hansard, Monday, 17 November 2025 ·No. 22912 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 November 2025. No. 22912. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/2659