The Hon. D.V. Chanaka
Hon. D.V. Chanaka challenged the Government’s claim that public officials are non-partisan, alleging that senior police, CID and Defence Ministry officials had appeared at political press conferences at the Government’s Pelawatte office before receiving key appointments. He argued that these officials are aligned with the Government and questioned claims about accountability failures, noting that the same CID leadership was in place during the period when intelligence reports and incidents relevant to the matter were recorded.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Deputy Chairperson of Committees, the Hon. Deputy Minister raised several points. One was that there are no government officials belonging to political parties. Looking at history, we can agree to that. However, today the Secretary in charge of Police has held press conferences at your Pelawatte office. Likewise, the Director of the CID has held press conferences at your Pelawatte office; thereafter, the Secretary to your Ministry of Defence held press conferences at your Pelawatte office. Normally, there is a procedure for appointments to those posts, including exams. Instead, they come to your office, get on your platform, do politics and then receive the posts. That is politics. They are of your camp. Then the Secretary in charge of Police is partisan; the Director of the CID is partisan. You kept saying accountability was evaded. When accountability was evaded, who was the Director at the CID? Who was the DIG at the CID? They are the same people even today. When there were 90 intelligence reports and 17 incidents recorded regarding this matter,—
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Cite as: The Hon. D.V. Chanaka. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 9 July 2025. No. 1752660241032216. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9289