The Hon. (Dr.) Kavinda Heshan Jayawardhana

¶ 01 All right. Now please allow me to speak.

¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, Hon. Mujibur Rahuman, Hon. Hector Appuhamy, I have spoken in every debate in this House regarding the Easter attack. I recall Hon. Niroshan Perera also spoke. But what do we still see? The Government blames the Opposition; the Opposition blames the Government; otherwise they blame history. That is what we see. Let us speak truth in good conscience.

¶ 03 If we take the CID, Shani and Ravi say military intelligence was involved in gathering information and organizing behind this attack. If we ask military intelligence officers, including our own Arun Jayasekara who was under military intelligence, they say: even when information was available, the CID under Shani and Ravi failed to prevent the crime. So on one side, military intelligence points at the CID; on the other, the CID points at military intelligence. At the time of the incident, the administration in power was the “Yahapalana” Government. The then Opposition pointed at Yahapalana, saying it failed to prevent the bombings.

¶ 04 Within Yahapalana, there were two narratives: one group said the 52-day constitutional crisis led to a national security lapse; another claimed a group organized the Easter attacks to bring Gotabaya Rajapaksa to power. Those with Gotabaya said extremists were behind it and asked the people to give them power—then they won. Yet justice did not materialize.

¶ 05 After that, allegations came against the current Government too: that Ibrahim Nawas had manufactured bombs in his factory and provided Rs. 30–40 million to the terrorist group—this was proved with evidence, they said. When moves were made to arrest him, he allegedly threatened more bombs would explode. Not only that, his two sons blew themselves up, killing innocent people; his pregnant daughter-in-law also blew herself up, killing herself and innocents. Then fingers were pointed at the JVP, saying he was on their National List. Hon. Presiding Member, in this back-and-forth finger-pointing, justice for innocent Catholics has still not been delivered. Ultimately, Ibrahim Nawas was freed, and even properties taken into state custody were released. As for those now in custody, only God knows what will happen.

¶ 06 We fulfilled our duty. Because no political authority delivered justice, Hon. Hector Appuhamy, Hon. Mujibur Rahuman, and I went to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva to do our duty. I went to the Vatican in Rome, met the Holy Father and Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and worked to seek justice and fairness our people ask for. We also raised matters here in Parliament. His Eminence Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith did as much as possible to prevent societal tensions, while also fighting for justice and fairness. Hon. Presiding Member, I believe we will still not get justice from these Governments. Only the Almighty can grant us the ability to secure justice and fairness. Without that, taking loans and campaigning on national security will not deliver justice and fairness—this is very clear.

¶ 07 Wimal Weerawansa at one point spoke about the mastermind. When we lodged a complaint with the CID, on 22 January 2026 they replied that they could not proceed further with that investigation—under your Government. I table a copy of that letter.

¶ 08 These are like silly movies—mere shows. Someone writes books; another flips pages. They even point fingers at our colleague Mujibur Rahuman—a Member who has done nothing wrong and raises his voice here. Others are just playing around, saying “AI” and “BI.” Be ashamed. You are a group that cannot identify the mastermind.

¶ 09 Placed in the Library.

¶ 10 Your time has ended by 69%, Hon. Member.

¶ 11 Anura Kumara Dissanayake said in Negombo that before the upcoming April 21 he would present the mastermind.

¶ 12 Who is the mastermind? Who is the mastermind? You cannot show a mastermind. The only thing you did was to free Ibrahim Nawas, who was on your National List. That is what you did.

¶ 13 Your allotted time is over, Hon. Member.

¶ 14 You prattle on about a book because you cannot hold your tongues. Do not talk about the book. You have no shame. You lied to innocent people of this country, fomented racism and religious hatred. Remember: it is thanks to Shani and Ravi that you sit on these seats with votes from the people—go lay flowers and worship those two.

¶ 15 Your allotted time is over, Hon. Member.

¶ 16 Lay flowers and worship those two. Catholics voted trusting them, not you. Remember that.

¶ 17 Your allotted time is over, Hon. Member.

¶ 18 Reduce our time if you wish—no problem—because you are in power now.

¶ 19 No. You have already taken one minute and 30 seconds extra.