Speaking in Parliament yesterday, the Prime Minister cited MP
Shanakiyan’s speech on the May 09 unrest, claiming that the MP has endorsed the
attacks on the properties of Parliamentarians by unruly mobs.
Questioning
how a member of Parliament could make such a statement, Prime Minister
Wickremesinghe said MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam must issue an apology and
withdraw his statement prior to the end of the Parliament sessions next week.
The
Prime Minister further said that in the event he fails to do so, then the
Speaker has the power to debate the matter and put it before a committee for an
inquiry and thereafter submit a report.
Responding
to the claim, TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam said the Prime Minister has made a
wrong statement pertaining to him.
Stating
that he is submitting a copy of his previous speech to the Parliament, the MP
accused the Prime Minister of extracting only a portion of it and making
allegations.
MP
Shanakiyan pointed out that the Prime Minister had earlier too linked him to
the LTTE and to Batticaloa District Parliamentarian and former LTTE member
Pillayan.
“I
request the six-time Prime Minister not to make such wrong statements. If he is
going to make such statements, then we too can start talking about matters such
as the Batalanda report,” he responded.
Meanwhile,
TNA MP MA Sumanthiran says that Yesterday PM Ranil Wickremesinghe twice broke
the parliamentary convention that no other matter is spoken at a condolence
vote.
By Polito
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