Hon. M.A. Sumanthiran's Speech in Parliament on 10th August 2012: Building a strong National Identity

I am glad to speak on this motion moved by the Hon. Member for Colombo and I am further glad to speak at the time when you are in the Chair, and quite unusually, after a speech in which you have said some things on which we can agree on... (Read More)

Hon. M.A. Sumanthiran's Speech in Parliament on 8th June 2012: Accuses Army of harassing private land owners in Jaffna in land grabbing bid

This is a timely motion that’s being brought to the Parliament, reminding us all that private members’ motions that are debated and approved must be taken seriously, since they are approved by Parliament... (Read More)

Broken Promises (IN SINHALA)

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Broken Promises

TNA response to the position of the Government of Sri Lanka at the 19th session of the UN Human Rights Council

1. The Government of Sri Lanka has serious issues with regard to telling the truth and keeping its promises

   1.1. In response to Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe’s statement to the 18th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council [UNHRC] on 12 September 2011, the Tamil National Alliance...(Read More)

Hon. M.A. Sumanthiran's Speech on Defense Policy - December 2011

Speech during the Defense Ministry's budget debate - 19th December 2011
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MP Suresh Premachandran's speech on Budget 2012

Honorable Speaker,

When the war ended, people were expecting...(Read More)

MP Suresh Premachandran's speech on Budget 2012 (IN SINHALA)

අයවැය 2012
ගරු කතානායකතුමනි,
යුද්ධය අවසන් වීමත් සමග...
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Situation Report: North and East - 21 October 2011

On 7th July 2011 I tabled a report in Parliament detailing the situation in the North and East, highlighting a series of urgent concerns. The following is an update to the previous report and discusses some of the most serious issues that have arisen since or continue to take place in these areas... (Read more)

M.A. Sumanthiran's Parliamentary Speech on the Sri Lankan Police - 6th October 2011

                   

Honourable Deputy chairman of Committees, the lawmakers of this country today are debating this Bill on the National Police Academy in the midst of a crisis of lawlessness that has plagued the administration of the police, and as I begin, Hon. Minster of Justice looks in my direction. He the one who, at the time he spoke from his conscience, stated very clearly that everyday the Rule of Law is broken in this country. On Monday the 4^th of October - just two days ago - we heard of the drowning - I repeat, drowning - of a suspect in the Bolgoda lake while he was in police custody during what the police called a ‘scuffle’ between them and the suspect. How many times must such tragedies be endured? ... (Read more)