Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) Leader MP Rauff Hakeem has challenged National Peoples’ Power (NPP) Leader and Presidential candidate MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake for a debate on any television channel.
Addressing a public rally, MP Hakeem said prior to going to the courts, he would like to face off in a debate with MP Dissanayake, but only after the latter has lost the Presidential Election.
MP Hakeem said he was ready to face any legal proceedings and for MP Dissanayake to explain what he meant in his controversial statement made in May 2019.
The SLMC Leader made the remarks in response to the Letter of Demand (LoD) that was sent by the NPP Leader, accusing the former of misconstruing the statement he had made in Parliament in 2019.
The LoD dated 23 August 2024, states that MP Dissanayake has sought Rs. 2 billion for damages caused to his reputation by MP Hakeem’s defamatory statement.
In the LoD, MP Dissanayake alleges that MP Hakeem’s statement in Tamil in Kattankudy in August 2024, was deliberately misconstruing the statement he had made in Parliament in May 2019.
MP Dissanayake further alleged that MP Hakeem’s statement was made with malice, to injure and cause damage to his reputation and also to diminish his esteem in the minds of the public, as well as, cause damage to his public image as a political leader and Presidential candidate. (Newswire)
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