The Hon. (Dr.) Ramanathan Archchuna

¶ 01 Thank you! I knew you would cut my time anyway. It is fine!

¶ 02 We are today digging mass human graves like Chemmanni for fighters without eyes, without legs, without hearing — for those who now exist as if neither alive nor dead. That is what is happening here. This is a grand political theatre. In my life, the greatest stage of political drama I have ever seen is this Parliament. As long as our Tamil people, who believe in every matter, exist in the East and as long as the people of the Eastern Province vote, our Tamil nation will be killed and annihilated by them. Moreover, mass human graves like Chemmanni will be dug and covered. There is no doubt about it.

¶ 03 Our national leader Prabhakaran and the 44,000 fighters who sacrificed their lives for him are being insulted and trampled by low, base acts under IVPo tor 028/—. For bringing up these matters on behalf of the people through adjournment motions — even for that — my close friend has moved this adjournment motion. Pillayan is in prison. I am genuinely concerned.

¶ 04 The responsible Minister Harshan Nanayakkara and the police today have said that if we speak about these matters in Parliament, they can be arranged. They know about the Parliament (Powers and Privileges) Act. Hon. Harshan Nanayakkara, an attorney-at-law, has said that our Chemmanni mass grave issue is hearsay. If so, then the NPP is ruling; the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi is ruling together; and the conch is being blown. There is no conch now! But I, standing alone in this Parliament—