Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said that parliamentarian Mangala Samaraweera is using casualty figures of soldiers to ‘climb out of a political dustbin”which he has fallen in to.

“We give out all casualty figures to the Parliament” said Minister Rambukwella.

He said that if MP Samarweera is getting some satisfaction by mentioning casualty figures that it’s his problem and not a problem for the government.

“Samaraweera has failed to mention the gains we have made. With the capture of Poonarin and A32 route we have a direct land line from Mannar to Jaffna," said Rambukwella.

Commenting on the inevitable economic down turn mentioned by Parliamentarian Samaraweera Minister Rambukwella said that it's
" hypocritical to talk of an economic downturn without reference to the global financial crisis ".

“We have been to maintain stability in comparison to many other economies” said Minister Rambukwalla.