Shavin has told a newspaper that he believed a change in the country’s political culture very soon, which will allow persons like him to engage in politics.

He has said that in the present scenario, there was no room in politics for persons like him.

Shavin was recently in the limelight after he responded to a facebook posting by Namal Rajapaksa, which alleged a notice for his mother Shiranthi to appear before the FCID as vengeance.

In his response, Shavin said,

“Mr. Rajapaksa, you tend to forget those who you’ve left in your wake. My mother, father, aunt, uncle nor I were politicians. Yet, your government moved swiftly to condemn, vilify and harass us throughout the past 2 ½ years. How must I have felt when my parents were called before the Bribery Commission? How must I have felt seeing them being carted day after day to courts? How must I have felt seeing them being defamed by the government media that you so eloquently manipulated during your rule? Before you seek sympathy or support, ‘audi alternam partem’. You’re an attorney, look that up.”