JVP leader Anura Dissanayaka has written to Speaker Karu Jayasuriya requesting him to summon Parliament before February 10 (when the Local Government elections are set to take place), in order to debate the Bond Commission report as well as the report of Large Scale Corruption Commission.
In the letter, the JVP leader who is also the Chief Opposition Whip said that President Maithripala Sirisena too has publicly voiced the need for an early debate on the two commission report.
“While there is an election pending, it is important that the contents are discusused in Parliament prior to the poll date so that people are informed about the contents of the report,” Mr.Dissanayaka said in the letter.
Parliament is expected to meet on February 20 and 21 to debate the two reports.
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Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
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Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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