Why was CIABOC DG transferred?

 

Tuesday, 01 July 2014 

Though no reason has been given for the sudden transfer of Lakshmi Jayawickrema - Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC), highly placed sources of the commission says that the transfer was made as the DG was preparing to take direct action over several complaints lodged against certain ministers.

Lakshmi Jayawickrema, has been transferred to the Presidential Secretariat with effect from 24 June.
Many CIABOC officials of the commission are critical of transferring a high official who conducted investigations in a direct and successful manner despite not transferring CIABOC Chairman Jagath Balapatabendi, who is facing many allegations.

The replacement for Ms. Jayawickrema is yet to be revealed as corruption cases cannot be filed without a Director General and therefore the CIABOC remains inactive at the present.

Access chairman Sumal says Gota should be head of state!

 

Tuesday, 01 July 2014 

Defence secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa should be made the head of state of Sri Lanka, stressed notorious businessman with government links Sumal Perera, who is chairman of Access Group.

Perera has put forward this proposal after a speech the defence secretary had delivered at a meeting of businessmen at Waters Edge at Battaramulla on the night of June 27.

The Acess Group chairman’s proposal was seconded by his closest relative Wijaya Malalasekara, the son of renowned professor G.P. Malalasekara.

Businessmen present at the meeting did not find the proposal, by the business partner of minister Basil Rajapaksa, surprising, but it was quite a shock for them to hear Wijaya Malalasekara’s remark that “this country needs a leader like Gotabhaya.”

Leaving Waters Edge after the meeting, the group of businessmen went to another five-star hotel in Colombo for a drink, and discussed the proposal at length. They decided to provide the US and Western embassies in Colombo with all information pertaining to shady deals Sumal Perera is doing in cohort with the government. In view of the US is carrying out an extensive investigation into businessmen with links to the Rajapaksa regime, this group of businessmen have decided that the information they provide would be crucial for the State Department.