'' I request Sritharan to consider Sri Lanka as a country of one nation comprising several communities," Minister Dissanayake said.
By Saman Indrajith
The government and the Opposition joined forces in Parliament yesterday to condemn a speech delivered by TNA Jaffna District MP S. Sritharan, praising the dead LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. He said that Prabhakaran was a national hero and called upon Tamils to commemorate his death.
MP Sritharan was condemned by MPs of both sides for attempting to deliver the Mahaveera commemorative lecture in Parliament.
Sritharan, participating in the second reading stage debate on Budget 2014, read out from a piece of paper that he had brought into the Chamber. He was delivering his speech in the Tamil language. There were several MPs, on both sides, listening to Sritharan’s speech. After he had delivered a speech, lasting nearly
half an hour, on the life of Prabhakaran and justifying the LTTE’s violence, Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake said the MP had violated the country’s laws. "I came here today to deliver a speech on the budget, but now I am compelled to talk about something else. Prabhakaran was a criminal who killed not
only Sinhalese but also Tamils. Who killed the leaders of EPDP, TULF, and TELO? It was Prabahakaran! He was the one who caused irrecoverable losses to the Tamil community by killing Tamil leaders such as Lakshman Kadirgamar and Neelan Thiruchelvam.
Prabahakaran also killed his own people who tried to surrender to the government."
Minister Dissanayake requested MP Sritharan not to fan the flames of racial hatred and not to depict a ruthless terrorist as a hero. Prabahakaran had killed so many innocent civilians and looted their monies and jewellery. It was very pathetic that MP Sritharan was calling for a Mahaviru Commemoration to mark
Prabhakarans’ birth anniversary. I request Sritharan to consider Sri Lanka as a country of one nation comprising several communities," Minister Dissanayake said.
UNP Kurunegala District MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, too, condemned Sritharan’s attempt.
Vanni District UPFA MP Hunais Farook, got up raising a point of order and requested the Chair to remove all Sritharan’s statements promoting ethnic and racial disharmony.
The presiding Member was Deputy Committee Chairman Chandrakumar Murugesu, representing Jaffna District. He ordered that all what MP Sritharan had mentioned, in violation of Standing Orders, of Parliament, be expunged from the Hansard.
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Parliament: TNA MP condemned for lionising dead Tiger leader
November 26, 2013, 9:20 pmBy Saman Indrajith
The government and the Opposition joined forces in Parliament yesterday to condemn a speech delivered by TNA Jaffna District MP S. Sritharan, praising the dead LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran. He said that Prabhakaran was a national hero and called upon Tamils to commemorate his death.
MP Sritharan was condemned by MPs of both sides for attempting to deliver the Mahaveera commemorative lecture in Parliament.
Sritharan, participating in the second reading stage debate on Budget 2014, read out from a piece of paper that he had brought into the Chamber. He was delivering his speech in the Tamil language. There were several MPs, on both sides, listening to Sritharan’s speech. After he had delivered a speech, lasting nearly
half an hour, on the life of Prabhakaran and justifying the LTTE’s violence, Higher Education Minister S. B. Dissanayake said the MP had violated the country’s laws. "I came here today to deliver a speech on the budget, but now I am compelled to talk about something else. Prabhakaran was a criminal who killed not
only Sinhalese but also Tamils. Who killed the leaders of EPDP, TULF, and TELO? It was Prabahakaran! He was the one who caused irrecoverable losses to the Tamil community by killing Tamil leaders such as Lakshman Kadirgamar and Neelan Thiruchelvam.
Prabahakaran also killed his own people who tried to surrender to the government."
Minister Dissanayake requested MP Sritharan not to fan the flames of racial hatred and not to depict a ruthless terrorist as a hero. Prabahakaran had killed so many innocent civilians and looted their monies and jewellery. It was very pathetic that MP Sritharan was calling for a Mahaviru Commemoration to mark
Prabhakarans’ birth anniversary. I request Sritharan to consider Sri Lanka as a country of one nation comprising several communities," Minister Dissanayake said.
UNP Kurunegala District MP Akila Viraj Kariyawasam, too, condemned Sritharan’s attempt.
Vanni District UPFA MP Hunais Farook, got up raising a point of order and requested the Chair to remove all Sritharan’s statements promoting ethnic and racial disharmony.
The presiding Member was Deputy Committee Chairman Chandrakumar Murugesu, representing Jaffna District. He ordered that all what MP Sritharan had mentioned, in violation of Standing Orders, of Parliament, be expunged from the Hansard.
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