The Hon. Kabir Hashim
Kabir Hashim criticized the Government, arguing that the JVP had abandoned its earlier commitments to Marxist and social democratic principles associated with past leaders such as Somawansa Amarasinghe. He claimed the Government was instead following the IMF’s policy path and said the 2026 Budget had failed to address the public’s key concerns.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees, please allow me to conclude briefly.
¶ 02 Somawansa Amarasinghe, your former JVP leader, said in a 2015 media interview that JVP members have deep goals, and that every member should fight for social democracy and social justice. You too said before coming to power that you would walk the path of Marx, Lenin, Che Guevara, and Fidel Castro. But today you have abandoned those policies. In truth, you now walk on the IMF’s rope bridge. Even with the 2026 Budget, you have failed to answer the people’s main questions. You have failed again.
¶ 03 Thank you.
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Cite as: The Hon. Kabir Hashim. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 November 2025. No. 22727. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/6499