The Hon. Ananda Wijepala
Ananda Wijepala stated that complaints about the SI recruitment process had been referred by the IGP to a committee, and that a decision on the 100 shortlisted candidates from 2,650 exam passers would be taken after the committee report is received. He rejected claims that the process had been cancelled, clarified that a new Gazette for an additional SI intake had been issued with interviews underway, and said the Government had not stopped the previous administration’s recruitment process due to the change of government.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Speaker, we received many complaints regarding this recruitment. A committee has been appointed. Many of the Hon. Member’s statements are incorrect. I have not told anyone that the process is cancelled. A new Gazette for SIs has been issued as an additional intake; interviews are being conducted additionally. Regarding the 100 from the prior process, once the committee report is received, we will take a decision and proceed. From 2,650 who passed the exam, 100 were shortlisted. Complaints received have been referred by the IGP to a committee. This was an interview process held during the previous Government, but we have not stopped the process because of a change of Government. After the committee report, we will proceed to recruit.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 22 July 2025. No. 1753443916033328. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/13620