The Hon. Sajith Premadasa - Leader of the Opposition
Hon. Sajith Premadasa asked the Prime Minister whether the Government would intervene to ensure a transparent inquiry into the assassination of journalist Lasantha Wickrematunge. He said he would avoid commenting on recent developments so as not to prejudice judicial proceedings, but urged action to bring the perpetrators to justice for Wickrematunge’s family and the media community.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, before my question under Standing Order 27(2), I have an important question to the Hon. Prime Minister.
¶ 02 Hon. Prime Minister, on January 8th I asked you about action regarding the assassination of Lasantha Wickrematunge. I will not analyze recent developments to avoid prejudicing judicial proceedings. But I ask: will the Government intervene to ensure a transparent inquiry to bring his killers to justice, delivering justice to his family and the media fraternity? I will not comment on recent events; if we do—
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