The Hon. Mahinda Jayasinghe
Mahinda Jayasinghe thanked the Member who brought the Motion, saying such pressure on the Government was appropriate, but urged that criticism not be based on false premises. He stated that the Government was accountable to the people and rejected claims of arbitrary rule or political deals. Referring to Pillayan and India’s concerns, he said action would be taken against anyone involved if wrongdoing was found, asserting that the Government’s only “deal” was with the people.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will conclude my speech with this point, Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees.
¶ 02 Finally, I must say this: I once again thank the Hon. Member who brought this Motion. It is good that you do this; applying such pressure is good, not bad. It should be done. But do not build narratives on falsehoods in the meantime. We ask that as well. Do not build on wrong premises. This Government is accountable to the people. This is a democratic government, a people’s government; it is not a government of arbitrary rule for each individual.
¶ 03 Today we also heard about Pillayan. If there is a deal with Pillayan, we will take action regarding whoever else is involved. As you said, we will act on India’s concerns. We have no deals with anyone. The only deal we have is with the people. I fall silent giving the assurance that we will fulfil that deal properly, consistently and to the letter.
¶ 04 Thank you very much.
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