The Hon. Aravinda Senarath
Moved an amendment to Standing Order 119(4), under Standing Order 137, to empower the Committee on Public Accounts to refer suspected serious financial fraud or corruption identified in Auditor General reports directly to the Bribery Commission or the Inspector-General of Police for legal action. The proposal seeks to formalize a direct referral mechanism from the Committee when such conclusions arise during its examinations.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Hon. Presiding Member, I move as follows:
¶ 02 “That the following amendment to the Standing Orders of Parliament in terms of Standing Order 137 be accepted:
¶ 03 By inserting immediately after the first paragraph of Standing Order 119(4) the following new paragraph:—
¶ 04 ‘Where, during the examination of reports submitted by the Auditor General to the Committee on Public Accounts, the Committee concludes that serious financial fraud or corruption has occurred, the Committee may refer such matters for legal action directly to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption or to the Inspector-General of Police.’”
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Cite as: The Hon. Aravinda Senarath. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 7 October 2025. No. 22573. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/9980