The Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara, Attorney-at-Law - Minister of Justice and National Integration
Minister Harshana Nanayakkara said the Government would pursue accountability for the Easter Sunday attacks, including filing cases against alleged masterminds and concluding trial-at-bar proceedings. He stated that injustice to victims must not recur and that the Government would not politicize the matter. He also referred to the harassment faced by the Muslim community after the attacks and said such treatment should not happen again under any government.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I am sorry, Hon. Member. Indeed, Hon. Archchuna too has remained until 6.15 p.m., giving maximum support to Parliament. He did not even raise a point of order. Thank you.
¶ 02 Accordingly, I conclude. Such injustice must never recur. Have no doubt: this Government will file cases even against the masterminds of the Easter attack. The trial-at-bar cases will also be concluded.
¶ 03 You have two more minutes, Hon. Minister.
¶ 04 Let me end thus, Hon. Presiding Member. Today, unusually, I thank many in the Opposition. In truth, the latest “victim” of the Easter attack seems to be Hon. Sajith Premadasa—he has jumped into a mud pit in the sky. Perhaps he is of Taurus ascendant—or those advising him are. Be that as it may, that is not our concern. We will assuredly deliver justice to the victims of the Easter attack. We will never do politics with this. Even today we shudder at what happened, and at the harassment that followed against our country’s Muslim community. Such must never again happen under our Government, or any Government. I conclude.
¶ 05 Thank you.
¶ 06 It being past 5.30 p.m., THE HON. PRESIDING MEMBER adjourned Parliament without Question put.
¶ 07 Parliament adjourned accordingly at 6.16 p.m. until 9.30 a.m. on Friday, 10th April, 2026.
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