The Hon. D.V. Chanaka

¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Minister, are you going down the same path as the past governments? Or going even further? Are you saying, “If the previous government appointed one, we will appoint four”? However, we know the 0106-0015 of your current Director of the CID. We know the 0106-0015 of the current Secretary in charge of Police. But under the Standing Orders of Parliament I cannot table them here, so I will not. This morning Opposition MPs repeatedly asked about the status of those investigations. Do not ask the Minister. Call Ranjan Ramanayake. If you give Mr. Ranjan Ramanayake an 0811, he will say: “Here is the name and the status of the investigation; here is where it now stands; I am going for a debate—text me the details.” So do not lecture us on investigations. The Secretary in charge of Police himself says no ISIS funds came for this attack, but that 42 accounts were seized. Those 42 accounts belong to the two children of your national list candidate. They were the ones who funded and carried out the bombings. Likewise, Hon. Anura Kumara Dissanayake says he has files on anyone. If any MP in this House stands up, he says, “Ah, I have your file; I have his file.” He said he has files on everyone. Hon. Bimal Rathnayake, he says that about everyone. But without even sending a single person for a minimum preferential vote contest, he included them in his national list,—