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First independent Bribery Commission –sequel to rainbow revolution comes into being today !

(Lanka-e-News -21.Oct.2015, 1.30PM) The first independent commission of Sri Lanka (SL) to investigate bribery and corruption was appointed today. The relevant appointment letters have been sent to the members of the commission, based on reports.

Accordingly, former supreme court (SC) judge T.B.Weerasuriya has been appointed as the president (Commissioner) of the commission , while former judge of the appeal court Ranjith Silva and former SSP Neville Guruge have been appointed as commissioners .

Dilrukshi Dias wickremesinghe alias ‘Dil’ will continue  as Directress general of the independent bribery and corruption commission.

The appointment of the first independent commission is a sequel to the rainbow revolution of January 8 th. The background to this is as follows :

Preliminarily , the constitutional council constituted of three civilians (citizens)  was established under the 19 th amendment to the constitution.To this officially the speaker , the Prime Minister (P.M.) and opposition leader were appointed , along with 7 others including a representative each of the president , the P.M. , the opposition leader and minority parties.

The speaker who represents thousands is the chairman of the constitutional council. It is via this council , the commissioners for the independent commissions are nominated , and the president ratifies them.Thereafter , the letters of appointment are issued by the constitutional council to the members of the independent commissions.

Accordingly , the first constitutional council met on October 9 th chaired by the speaker .At this meeting a final decision was taken in regard to the appointment of members to the following main independent commissions :

Commission inquiring into allegations of Bribery and corruption 
Sri Lanka Human rights commission
Public service commission
National police commission

The recommendations made by the constitutional council were forwarded to the President .The president thereafter issued a letter officially appointing  the commissioner to the commission inquiring into allegations of bribery and corruption.

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by     (2015-10-21 08:10:44)

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