The Hon. Ananda Wijepala
Ananda Wijepala rejected an allegation that President Anura Dissanayake had chaired an Anti-Corruption Committee, stating that this was false and that he himself had served as Director of the relevant secretariat. He said the Government had not halted investigations into bribery, corruption, fraud, or financial misappropriation, and that the depoliticized Police and CID were working independently. He asked Members to wait about a month to see results and stated that action would be taken against anyone involved.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, the Hon. Member said our President Anura Dissanayake was Chairman of an Anti-Corruption Committee. That is false and misleading. He never chaired such a committee. I served as Director at the Secretariat for such committees separately. This Government has not stopped any investigations into bribery, corruption, fraud, or financial misappropriation. They continue. If you can wait a month and a half, you will see results. We have depoliticized the Police; CID has broad authority and is working independently. Wait a month; then we can deliver the expected results. Whoever is involved, we will act against bribery, corruption, fraud, and misappropriation.
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Cite as: The Hon. Ananda Wijepala. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 8 January 2025. No. 1737023464031571. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/27700