Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera
Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera moved an amendment to Standing Order 120(4) under Standing Order 137. The proposal would empower the Committee on Public Enterprises, when examining Auditor General reports, to refer cases involving serious financial fraud or corruption directly to the Bribery Commission or the Inspector-General of Police for legal action.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Speaker, I move:
¶ 02 “That, under Standing Order 137, the following amendment to the existing Standing Orders be accepted:
¶ 03 Immediately after the first paragraph of Standing Order 120(4), insert the following new paragraph:
¶ 04 ‘Where, during the examination of a report presented by the Auditor General to the Committee on Public Enterprises, the Committee concludes that serious financial fraud or acts of corruption have occurred, the Committee may refer such matters directly to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption or to the Inspector-General of Police for legal action.’”
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- Hansard, Friday, 26 September 2025 ·No. 1760588641001872 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: Hon. (Dr.) Nishantha Samaraweera. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 26 September 2025. No. 1760588641001872. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/17787