Geethanath Cassilingam of the SLPP Politburo ridiculed the government’s double standards, warning that selective justice is nothing but a political weapon. While opposition figures are pursued with lightning speed, corruption allegations against ruling party ministers move at a snail’s pace, exposing a culture of hypocrisy and manipulation.
A government cannot claim the law is equal to all when it hounds the opposition with urgency yet crawls like a tortoise when its own ministers face corruption scandals, SLPP Politburo member Geethanath Cassilingam said.
He pointedly asked what happened to the inquiry into former Speaker Ranwala’s fake credentials, the investigation into the 323 containers, and the mounting list of corruption charges tied to those in power – including Cabinet Minister Kumara Jayakody. Even the courts, Cassilingam noted, have reprimanded police for dragging their feet in the case against Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe.
“Where is equality before the law for them?” he asked in a scathing post on X. Cassilingam declared that selective justice is not justice at all, but a weaponized tool wielded for political gain.
His remarks strike at the heart of a growing public sentiment: that justice in Sri Lanka is being bent to suit those in power, while ordinary citizens are left with slogans instead of accountability.
