Rohini Kaviratne apologises to Speaker but wants action against Leader of the House

By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana 

Colombo, July 24 (Daily Mirror) - Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Rohini Kaviratne tendered an apology today to Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne for asking him to shut his mouth on Wednesday. 

"I was pushed towards using aggressive words because of the manner the Speaker was acting at that time. The Speaker questioned where my discipline was and my apology is an answer to that question," Ms. Kaviratne said. 

Also, the MP claimed that her privileges were violated by Leader of the House Bimal Ratnayake. 

"The Leader of the House said I am a daughter of a murderer. My father did not kill anyone but gave life to people of the Matale district," she added. 

However, she accepted that a number of torture chambers existed during the UNP government in 1989.