2026-02-18 / debate: Special Commodity Levy Act Order, Customs Ordinance Resolution, Motor Traffic Act Regulations
Hon. Namal Rajapaksa, Attorney-at-Law
2026-02-18
Namal Rajapaksa raised several accountability concerns directed at the Government, including the forgery of 17 passports allegedly involving a Secretary within the relevant Ministry, which he stated remains unresolved. He demanded clarity on the authorization of the release of two narcotics-linked containers from the Port, asking specifically whether the President, the Minister responsible for Police, or the Inspector General of Police signed the written release order. He also called on the Government to engage constructively with trade unions and medical professionals, and urged the implementation of effective measures to address rising underworld violence and killings.
Please give me one more minute, Madam Presiding Member.
Like you said Kadirgamar came to Parliament—meanwhile 17 passports were forged and taken away from your own Ministry. To this day we do not know by whom. Yet you came to catch thieves—in your own Ministry a Secretary had passports forged and taken. Your Government came—have you caught who did it?
Then 323 containers slipped from the Port. You said two narcotics containers were released and taken to Middeniya. We are asking the Government who signed to release them. If there was international intelligence, Sri Lanka Customs will not let two such containers leave the Port without written authorization. We ask: was the letter signed by the President, the Minister in charge of the Police, or the IGP? Of these three, who authorized the release?
Finally, I ask you to set aside your narrow mindedness, hatred, and arrogance, and listen to the trade unions and doctors. And on national security and the safety of individuals, the underworld has reared its head—people are being killed. Implement a fair and effective program to prevent and stop it.
Thank you very much.