It is not known whether Basil Rajapaksa will become the Prime Minister soon. It is not known whether Namal Rajapaksa will become the Leader of the Opposition. If there is such a deal, the Prime Minister should come and tell the country if possible, said TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam in Parliament today (20).
Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam MP also said,
“I saw MPs saying for the last two or three days that “these are hard-built houses, they are not houses built with stolen money”. That’s what it should be. Which MP has been given permission to steal and build houses? They have to build houses with their own money. We do not approve of the act of MPs coming to Parliament claiming that they did not steal.
But we must remember that the attack on the houses of the MPs was not due to stealing. An MP is a representative of the people.
We respect the solidity of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya. People know what JVP and TNA said. However, Ranil Wickremesinghe became the Prime Minister without any conditions. As the Prime Minister, he has said loudly that he is telling the truth to the country. This is the truth we have been saying for a year and a half or two.
We thought he would talk to the respective countries as soon as he arrived and stop the gas shortage within three weeks; stop the fuel shortage within a month. We thought he would say that the shortage of medicines will stop within a few months. But, what is being said today is that there is no petrol and ahead are the hardest three months. We already know that.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took this post to save the Rajapaksa family. You, Ranil Wickramasinghe took this post to save the Rajapaksa family which was trapped against the wall.
We hear that Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe was not even invited to the meeting of the ruling party group. He must have taken his group meeting alone because he is the only UNP MP. Is that true? Basil Rajapaksa is here.
There is no personal resentment toward him. But the betrayal of this struggle is the problem I have with him. It is not known whether Basil Rajapaksa will become the Prime Minister soon. I do not know if Namal Rajapaksa will become the Leader of the Opposition. If there is a deal like that, come and tell the country if possible.”