The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law
Raised a point of order under Standing Order 92(2)(a), questioning whether proper procedures were being followed in appointments to the Bribery Commission and the Police. He argued that the Government’s actions undermined the independence of institutions established for good governance and warned against using the Police, Forces, or independent commissions to retain power or suppress the public.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Sir, I rise to a point of order. Standing Order No. 92(2)(a) states: “A Member may in any proceedings question whether proper procedures have been …” This is a very sensitive matter. This Government, this party, including the President, fought for good governance and the independence of institutions. But look at how appointments are now being made to the Bribery Commission and the Police: we see an authoritarian tendency. We fought hard to establish independent commissions. They were not created to be used to cling to power or suppress people using the Police or the Forces. What is being done now by those who once fought with us, including Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is very serious—this is becoming a police and military state—
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Cite as: The Hon. Arjuna Sujeewa Senasinghe, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 October 2025. No. 22594. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/18680