The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake
Chamara Sampath Dasanayake urged that audit queries concerning public officials be treated consistently, arguing that there should not be different standards depending on the government in power. He cited audit issues involving Dr. Anil Jasinghe, former Secretary Mayadunne, the Paddy Marketing Board, and the Koralai Pattu Central Pradeshiya Sabha Secretary, and called for these matters to be tabled and examined alongside allegations against politicians.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Good. Then I expect you to table it. This officer did not serve under your Government, so there cannot be two laws. Dr. Anil Jasinghe is a capable officer; we accept that. An audit query of Rs. 2.9 million was raised relating to his time as DGHS. A former Ministry Secretary, Mr. Mayadunne, faced an audit query of around Rs. 1 million and was remanded and produced in court. For Dr. Jasinghe it was Rs. 2.9 million. There can be more such issues. These occurred not during your Government but earlier under other governments. Just as you point fingers at us, look at officers’ mistakes too. Also, at the Paddy Marketing Board, there’s an issue of Rs. 112,500,000 regarding a General Manager, and a Deputy GM took polythene bags. Further, the Koralai Pattu Central PS Secretary has 18 audit queries and still got appointed.
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Cite as: The Hon. Chamara Sampath Dasanayake. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 6 February 2025. No. 1739271735020022. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/683