SRI LANKA: AHRC calls for adequate financial allocation in the Budget 2016, to end corruption, fraud and waste

September 4, 2015

In response to the calls for proposals from the public for the 2016 Budget, by the Ministry of Finance, Sri Lanka, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) submitted proposals calling for adequate financial allocation towards the modernisation of the policing institutions, the judicial institutions, the creation of an effective agency to control bribery and corruption, and for the effective implementation of the new witness protection law. The AHRC in its proposal stressed the need to give serious attention by policy makers towards making adequate financial allocations towards these institutions, in the Budget 2016, if the Government is to ensure good governance, end corruption, fraud and waste.

SRI LANKA AHRC Calls for Adequate Financial Allocation in the Budget 2016, To End Corruption, Fraud and Was... by Thavam Ratna