Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya is under fire as pro-NPP social media activists demand her resignation over her controversial SupremeSat remarks in Parliament. With critics accusing her of delivering an incomplete and misleading response, the satellite saga has erupted into a full-blown political crisis shaking the government.
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya is facing mounting pressure from her own political support base following her recent statement in Parliament regarding the controversial SupremeSat satellite project.
Social media activists aligned with the National People’s Power (NPP), which strongly supports the Prime Minister and her government, have now turned critical. Many are voicing outrage over what they claim was a misleading or incomplete explanation given by the Prime Minister concerning the financial and operational details of SupremeSat.
The backlash has been swift and intense. Several prominent online voices have gone so far as to suggest that if such an incident had occurred in any other democratic country, the Prime Minister would have already resigned. They argue that the current situation demands the same level of accountability and transparency from Harini Amarasuriya.
According to these critics, the statement delivered by the Prime Minister in Parliament lacked depth and clarity. Instead of settling the controversy, it has intensified calls for a full and detailed account of the satellite project’s financial implications and the disappearance of Rs. 12 billion worth of reported income originally linked to SupremeSat.
Some NPP-affiliated commentators are asking why there is no formal clarification on whether this revenue was genuinely linked to satellite operations or misrepresented in company records. They are urging the government to provide updated financial disclosures and call for an independent investigation into the discrepancies flagged by Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe earlier this week.
Many online discussions reflect a growing sense of betrayal among NPP supporters, with some warning that failure to address the issue transparently could damage the government’s credibility and commitment to clean governance.
The SupremeSat issue, once thought to be a distant relic of past administrations, has now reignited public scrutiny, especially amid claims of financial mismanagement and fraud surrounding the country’s only satellite venture.
As the controversy continues to spread across social media platforms, the pressure is on the Prime Minister to provide a full, honest, and verifiable account of what really happened with SupremeSat—and why the 2012 income figures vanished from later financial reports.
