Main opposition demanded on Tuesday the country’s anti-graft chief be
sacked for summoning former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to answer
bribery allegations amid renewed uproar in parliament.
Opposition lawmaker Bandula Gunawardane told parliament the director
general of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or
Corruption, Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe, should be dismissed for her
“arbitrary action”.
Wickramasinghe has summoned Rajapaks to appear on Friday following a complaint that he paid a bribe of more than 600mn rupees ($4.6mn) to a lawmaker from the then-opposition to defect ahead of the presidential election in January.
“Today, 113 lawmakers signed a petition asking the speaker to take action to remove Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe,” said Gunawardane, who is from Rajapakse’s faction.
New President Maithripala Sirisena has launched a series of corruption investigations against Rajapaksa’s inner circle since ousting him at the election after a decade in power. (AFP)
Opposition lawmaker Bandula Gunawardane told parliament the director
general of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or
Corruption, Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe, should be dismissed for her
“arbitrary action”.Wickramasinghe has summoned Rajapaks to appear on Friday following a complaint that he paid a bribe of more than 600mn rupees ($4.6mn) to a lawmaker from the then-opposition to defect ahead of the presidential election in January.
“Today, 113 lawmakers signed a petition asking the speaker to take action to remove Dilrukshi Wickramasinghe,” said Gunawardane, who is from Rajapakse’s faction.
New President Maithripala Sirisena has launched a series of corruption investigations against Rajapaksa’s inner circle since ousting him at the election after a decade in power. (AFP)
