The Hon. Mujibur Rahman
Mujibur Rahman argued that the Government has failed to uphold the rule of law it promised, citing the President’s Secretary and the handling of allegations involving presidential security personnel bringing liquor through the airport as examples where accountability was not pursued. He accused Ministers and MPs of intervening in youth-related matters for party political purposes and said replacing Deshbandu Tennakoon without broader systemic reform would only reproduce similar problems.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, please give me three minutes to conclude my speech.
¶ 02 Hon. Deputy Speaker, if that is so, the President’s Secretary should be removed. According to what you all said on platforms in the past, that should be shown by example. But you did not show it by example. Next, when the President’s security personnel travel abroad and return, they brought liquor through the Airport. What was done to them? They were transferred. The law was not enforced.
¶ 03 Now, to capture the strength of the youth, your Ministers and MPs are directly intervening. You came to power claiming to establish the rule of law but are not doing so, and today all of you are working to entrench your party politics. Without making a genuine system change or truly establishing the rule of law, by removing Deshbandu Tennakoon and bringing another in his place—through that method—you will once again produce people like Deshbandu Tennakoon. With that reminder, I conclude my brief remarks.
¶ 04 Thank you very much.
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Cite as: The Hon. Mujibur Rahman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 August 2025. No. 1754902606038704. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27909