WATCH : SL born NZ MP makes her maiden speech, speaks in Sinhala & Tamil
Sri Lankan born member of the New Zealand Parliament Vanushi Walters proudly displayed her Sri Lankan descent in her maiden speech to the house.
Walters made statements in both Sinhala and Tamil, highlighting the importance of protecting human rights.
In her speech she made brief statements in Sinhalese and Tamil, including a reminder that human rights belong to all.
“Richard was my father’s second cousin, a journalist in Sri Lanka, killed in 1990 as a result of his courageous criticism of the then Government. The cloak that morning arrived like a wave of outrage. Surely people weren’t being tortured and killed by their own Government, and if they were, the cloak demanded I do something about it,” she said in her speech.
Vanushi Walters is the first Sri Lankan born MP to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament.
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