The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake
Ravi Karunanayake raised a matter under Standing Order 38 concerning the 17th anniversary of Lasantha Wickrematunge’s assassination. He questioned why his request for an answer from the Prime Minister was refused on the basis that the matter is sub judice, while answers are provided in Parliament on other matters before courts, such as the Easter attacks, the “X-Press Pearl” incident and substandard medicines. He expressed concern over what he described as inconsistent treatment of parliamentary questions.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, I raise this under Standing Order 38. Seventeen years have passed since the assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge. I submitted a Question to your Office to ask the Prime Minister about this. Your Office responded that an Answer cannot be given as the matter is sub judice. But in this Parliament, Answers are given about the Easter bombings, about the “X-Press Pearl” ship, about substandard medicines — all matters before Court. Yet for Lasantha Wickrematunge — I asked yesterday because it is 17 years since his murder — I am saddened by this double standard.
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- Hansard, Thursday, 8 January 2026 ·No. 23118 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2026. No. 23118. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4900