Government selling land and sea to foreigners - Ravi K.

UNP parliamentarian Ravi Karunanayake charged today that the government was selling every inch of land to foreigners according to its whims and fancies and said even the sea was being sold to China.“The government is going to sell a 568-acre sea area to China through the ports authority. It is expected to spend 182 billion to fill the sea bed to develop a city when there is enough land in Colombo. Who is doing this for what reason when the people in Weliweriya are fighting for drinking water?

Dayasiri failed to realise politics is an unhurried journey - Ranil

Politics is an unhurried journey where one should move with prudence and patience. But, Dayasiri Jayasekera failed to realise this truth, UNP and Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament yesterday.Making a special statement, the Opposition Leader, quoting Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thích Nhit Hanh said, "We all have only a little time on earth and we should move slowly. Dayasiri failed to realise this."

Defence Ministry involvement in Weliweriya water crisis uncalled for - UNP * Rejects Military Tribunal, demands Supreme Court inquiry

Since the Defence Ministry had been involved in quelling last week’s demonstration, in Weliweriya, against the contamination of ground water, it would be absurd for a Military Tribunal to inquire into the incident, which left three young persons dead and 60 injured, the UNP said yesterday.

Rajapaksa government is most barbaric administration in the world-UNP

UNP says that the Rajapaksa regime who replied the innocent civilians who begged for drinkable water, by bullets, has proven by their action that it is the most brutal and low life Govt in the world history. This was mentioned in a media statement issued by the secretary of the UNP MP Tissa Attanayake condemning the callus response of the Rajapaksa Govt to the Rathupaswala people's protest.

The Special Statement made in Parliament by Hon. Ranil Wickremesinghe, the Leader of the Opposition, on 07.08.2013

Hon. Speaker,
I thank you for giving me an opportunity to make a special statement in this House today.I will start this speech with an excerpt of the first stanza in ‘Yamaka Vagga’ of Dammapada:
Manopubbangama dhamma - manosettha manomaya
Manasa che padutthena - bhasati va karoti va
Tato nam dukkamanveti - chakkamva vahato padam

SL has a betting govt. and gambling economy – UNP

UNP National List MP Dr. Harsha de Silva told Parliament on Wednesday that Sri Lanka had a betting government and a gambling economy.Dr. De Silva, participating in the debate on the Resolution under the Customs Ordinance, relating to import duties, said that the director of the world’s leading casino industry had come to Sri Lanka and met state officials.

UNP questions why national anthem was not played

UNP Parliamentarian Ajith P. Perera on Tuesday demanded to know from why the national anthem had not been played when the Colombo South Port was declared open.MP Perera, participating in the debate on two Orders under the Special Commodity Act (Nos. 1 and 2), said the new terminal and breakwater had been declared open on Monday but the protocol of playing the national anthem had been overlooked.