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The Hon. Hector Appuhamy

Samagi Jana Balawegaya· Puttalam· 20 November 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question No. 1 (Q.680/2025): Environment - Deputy Minister Response and Adjournment

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Hon. Hector Appuhamy raised concerns over the President’s statement that documents related to the Easter Sunday attacks investigation had been removed, warning that such an act would obstruct justice and constitute a serious offence. He asked how the alleged removal of files is being investigated and requested that the Government report to Parliament on the matter. He also urged that the investigation not be handled solely by the Government, but treated as a shared responsibility of Parliament.

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¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, the Hon. President, when he came to this Parliament to speak on his expenditure Head, raised a very important matter about the investigations into the Easter Sunday attacks. Earlier, he said it would be concluded before 21 April this year. But afterwards, he stated that some documents related to the investigations had been removed by a group. If any documents were removed, that would obstruct the investigations. That is more serious than the attack that killed our people.

¶ 02 How is this being investigated? How will it be justified? It has been a year since this Government was formed. We are saying: do not handle this alone; involve all of us. This is the responsibility of all of us—of this Government and of this august Parliament under your leadership, Hon. Speaker. If someone is removing files like that, it is a grave offence. I request that an answer on how this will be investigated be provided to this House on behalf of the people. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me this opportunity.

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Hansard, Thursday, 20 November 2025 ·No. 22934 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Hector Appuhamy. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 November 2025. No. 22934. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4288