The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri
Chaminda Wijesiri questioned the Minister’s position on alleged irregularities involving a Ministry and the BOG, arguing that accusations of fraud, bribery and political involvement had been made by the current government while in Opposition. He asked whether action would now depend only on a court finding and challenged the Minister to accept or deny the earlier allegations, noting the apparent shift from promises of prosecutions to saying there was no political connection.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I will, Mr. Speaker.
¶ 02 We are disappointed, Hon. Minister. When you were in the Opposition, you named certain Ministers who were in charge of the Ministry and BOG as connected to this deal. I state this as an allegation; accept it or deny it. Throughout history, you made allegations of irregular transactions, theft, fraud, and bribery to gain power. After shouting outside, what did you do? Should we wait until a court clearly rules that a theft or fraud occurred? Back then you said publicly it was a clear financial fraud and bribery and that upon coming to power you would drag them by their ears to jail. Now you say none are politically connected—
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Cite as: The Hon. Chaminda Wijesiri. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 17 December 2024. No. 1734685396083959. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18091