President Maithripala Sirisena has agreed to appoint a special committee to probe into allegations of corruption within the health ministry over the last few years.
The GMOA and the President arrived at a consensus on a wide array of issues, GMOA Secretary Dr. Haritha Aluthge told reporters following the meeting with the President on Saturday.
Dr. Aluthge also said that the GMOA would expose the corrupt activites that had taken place within the health sector especially in the State Pharmaceutical Corporation (SPC) during the last four years.
He added that the President had expressed willingness to issue a gazette in order to establish a committee to probe into such allegations.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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