The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Dayasiri Jayasekara argued that an inquiry into a senior parliamentary officer should not be handled by an Additional Secretary, citing Standing Order 7(1), the Administrative Manual and Public Service Commission rules requiring an investigating officer to be senior to the officer under investigation. He also referred to a bribery or corruption complaint against the Speaker involving alleged misuse of public resources and inducement of MPs, and requested that the report and expenditure details relating to the relevant committee be presented to the House. He tabled a chart he said had been published online and asked for the actual report to clarify the matter.
Verbatim record (translated)
Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Not only that, Mr. Speaker. The second point is this. Regarding the person appointed, it is very clearly stated in Standing Order 7(1) relating to discipline, and in both the Administrative Manual and the Public Service Commission rules, that any inquiry should be conducted by an officer senior to the officer under investigation. I checked the history of this. The post of Deputy Secretary-General is equivalent to the post of Cabinet Secretary. The post of Secretary-General is also equivalent to the Cabinet Secretary. Then, naturally, an Additional Secretary is junior to that. He cannot handle this matter. That is completely wrong.
¶ 02 Another point is this. A complaint has been submitted against you to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, containing a large number of matters. It clearly states issues regarding the use of public property and inducement by Members of Parliament. It further states clearly: “The use of public resources must always be for their Parliamentary functions, and not for any political activity or improper personal benefit by them or others.”
¶ 03 Please conclude your remarks, Mr. Speaker.
¶ 04 Give me one more minute. With this matter, I need to say one more thing.
¶ 05 Give me a minute to finish this point. Furthermore, you have incurred expenditure on this Committee. Present that report to the House. Because I have a chart relating to this. Mr. Speaker, this chart has been published. That is why I said so. I want to know whether you are prepared to table this chart. I came across a report posted on Facebook. At this moment I am tabling that chart.
¶ 06 - Placed in the Library.
¶ 07 Please present the actual report on this matter to us, because we do not know the true story here.
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- Hansard, Tuesday, 3 February 2026 ·No. 23252 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 3 February 2026. No. 23252. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/8755