The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised concern that the post of Auditor-General has remained vacant for about a month, leaving parliamentary oversight committees such as COPE and COPA unable to function properly. He stated that while subordinate officers may attend under an Auditor-General, a Deputy cannot substitute in the absence of an office-holder, and added that the Audit Service Commission has also been incapacitated since 1 January. He urged the Speaker to take necessary steps to address the vacancy.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 For years I have been a member of COPE; we know the Auditor-General sits with us in committee. If he is absent, another officer may accompany, but an Auditor-General must be in office. Subordinates may attend under him, but without an Auditor-General, a Deputy cannot appear for these committees, Mr. Speaker. A month has passed and there is still no Auditor-General. Since 01 January the Audit Service Commission too is effectively incapacitated. As a person responsible within Parliament, I respectfully urge you to consider this. Neither COPE nor COPA can meet without an Auditor-General. Please take the necessary steps.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 6 January 2026 ·No. 23111 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 January 2026. No. 23111. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17591