The Hon. Jeevan Thondaman
Hon. Jeevan Thondaman questioned the Government’s response to repeated attacks on hill-country people, particularly youth, saying that arrests and bail releases do not constitute a lasting solution. He criticized Government Members representing the hill country for failing to raise the matter with the leadership and urged the Minister to address the long-standing grievances of the community.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Minister, I wish to say one thing to you. For 172 years, whenever there are attacks on the hill-country people, especially the youth demand that politicians come there. That is why we go. We then come here and convey what happened. What do you do? You say you spoke, arrests were made, and then they were released on bail. We know that. What we ask is: what is the solution?
¶ 02 Those Members representing the Government from the hill-country are sleeping—that is what I think—because I see no one here. No one has spoken to the leadership about this. For 172 years we have been asking. Hon. Minister, I am not angry with you.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 7 May 2026 ·No. 23540 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Jeevan Thondaman. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 May 2026. No. 23540. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/3550