Speaker expresses disappointment over Hambantota incident
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on April 24, 2014 - 7:31 pm

Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa today expressed regret over the incident where a group of UNP MPs were obstructed in Tissamaharama, Hambantota the electorate of which he is the SLFP chief organizer.
Rajapaksa stated that as opposition MPs they had all the right to inspect development work in Sri Lanka and also look into the financial data. We too looked into the affairs of the government while we were in the opposition, he added.
Hence what happened is Hambantota is unfortunate and should not happen again, Rajapaksa added.
(Ada Derana)
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Why cannot the Inspector general og Police, Mr Illangakoon arrest His Worship the Mayor of Hambantota, Eraj Fernando for carrying a pistol-like object in public and behaving in a manner threatening the safety of the community in Hambantota on the day of this incident?
Is His Worship the Mayor of Hambantota, Eraj Fernando, on par with Mr K Pathmanathan (KP) who was at one time, the self-ptoclaimed Leadr of the LTTE following the demise of the Late Mr V Prabakaram, and on whom the Interpol has had a red alert for approximately 10 years? Mr KP is a free citizen of Sri Lanka leading a life of luxury in Killinochchi supported by the amude-wearing tax payer peasants !!