Bribery Commission Chairman agrees to Visit MR to obtain statement

By Gagani Weerakoon-2015-04-21

Chairman of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) in a discussion held with Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa had agreed to evolve a new mechanism to not harass parliamentarians when investigating complaints against them, Chandima Weerakkody said.

Chairman of the CIABOC Jagath Balaptabendi gave this promise... ...when he was summoned to Parliament yesterday (20) by the Speaker following a continuous fast protest launched by Opposition MPs against summoning Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa to the CIABOC and 'harassing' MPs when investigating complaints against them.

Deputy Speaker Weerakkody said that a range of issues includes the summoning of the Former President, issuing summons on MPs at various times thereby messing up their schedules and giving pre-publicity in media, inconveniencing them before they were summoned.

He said that the CAIBOC Chairman agreed to visit Former President Rajapaksa to obtain a statement from him and to develop a new mechanism for the purpose of questioning them.
The Deputy Speaker said that Speaker Rajapaksa would make a formal announcement today (21) in Parliament with regard to this issue.