The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake
A motion was moved for Parliament to approve amendments to Standing Orders 119(4) and 120(4) based on the Committee on Standing Orders report presented on 20 February 2026. The proposed amendments would allow the Committee on Public Accounts and the Committee on Public Enterprises, after tabling reports and with Parliament’s approval, to refer findings of serious financial fraud, bribery or corruption directly to the Bribery Commission or the Inspector-General of Police for action.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 I move:
¶ 02 “That this Parliament approve the recommendations of the Committee on Standing Orders contained in its Report presented to Parliament on 20 February 2026, to amend the Standing Orders as follows:
¶ 03 1) Insert immediately after the first paragraph of existing Standing Order 119(4) the following new paragraph:
¶ 04 ‘If the Committee on Public Accounts, during its examination of reports presented by the Auditor-General, concludes that there have been serious financial frauds, bribery or corruption, then, after such report is tabled in Parliament and upon a decision of Parliament, the said matters may be referred by the Committee directly to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption or to the Inspector-General of Police for appropriate action.’
¶ 05 2) Insert immediately after the first paragraph of existing Standing Order 120(4) the following new paragraph:
¶ 06 ‘If the Committee on Public Enterprises, during its examination of reports presented by the Auditor-General, concludes that there have been serious financial frauds, bribery or corruption, then, after such report is tabled in Parliament and upon a decision of Parliament, the said matters may be referred by the Committee directly to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption or to the Inspector-General of Police for appropriate action.’”
¶ 07 Question proposed.
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Cite as: The Hon. Bimal Rathnayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 April 2026. No. 23476. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/602