Lying to Parliament a grave offence: COPE Chair

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Parliament Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) Chairman JVP MP Sunil Handunnetti said yesterday that lying to Parliament was a grave offence.

He expressed these views in response to the evidence given to the Bond Commission by Perpetual Treasuries Limited (PTL) CEO Kasun Palisena that its owner Arjun Aloysius had lied to the COPE.

The MP said Parliament represented the sovereignty of the people and therefore lying to it was a punishable offense.

“These are officers and not politicians to come up with funny stories. They should behave responsibly. They have ultimately lied to the people of the country. However, this development is not the end and we have to wait and see how things proceed,” he told the Daily Mirror. (Lahiru Pothmulla)

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Meshach Saturday, 16 September 2017 01:57 PM

but the problem is the parliament is full of liars.. via DM Android App

sursena Saturday, 16 September 2017 06:51 PM

And they can level any unfounded allegations against anyone under the "Parliamentary Privileges".

Snowy Saturday, 16 September 2017 06:56 PM

An alien talking. The best place for lying is the Sri Lanka Parliament. We are citizens of Sri Lanka and not aliens.

A W Abdulkany Saturday, 16 September 2017 06:59 PM

They will lie even to God and stoop to any level to amass wealth at the expense of the people

SeriouSena Saturday, 16 September 2017 07:06 PM

if so, parliamentarians are the biggest offenders. They take oaths and a pledge to serve our people and nation, and we all know what they end up doing.

Eraj Sunday, 17 September 2017 05:05 AM

Parliament is one and only place where all format of lying generated from.We have 225 masters in this house to teach.

Lord Wolfstein Sunday, 17 September 2017 09:26 AM

It is perfectly normal in Sri Lanka that people lie. If someone is caught while lying, he tells it it is a white lie and that would be allowed. I've never heard such a nonsense around the world.

Andrew Sunday, 17 September 2017 02:52 PM

People who given vote to this jokers are the real offenders .

Peter Sunday, 17 September 2017 07:21 PM

As the chairman of COPE you can direct through to take illegal action against wrongdoers

GH Monday, 18 September 2017 08:41 AM

The only place you can Lie, Hoodwink, Rob the people is House of Parliament which, for that matter, has enacted the constitution. Don't you know.... Mr. Sunil?

Pulsara Liyanage Monday, 18 September 2017 09:18 AM

And throwing a bomb is not?

joshua Monday, 18 September 2017 09:20 AM

It is ok to lie. Are there any anybody in the Parliament who are better than him?

thilak Monday, 18 September 2017 09:23 AM

what about you politicos who lie all the time to gullible voters

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