Prez, ambassadors to declare assets under new Anti-Corruption Bill

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The new Anti-Corruption Bill, if enacted, will provide for the president, the provincial governors and members, the ambassadors, the high commissioners and the members of the independent commissions to declare assets to the proposed independent commission to be set up to investigate bribery and corruption, a Minister said yesterday.

They are not covered under current law for asset declaration.

Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told Daily Mirror the bill, already announced in the gazette notification, would be presented to Parliament during the next parliamentary week.

The bill, if enacted by Parliament, will provide for the establishment of a new commission to investigate bribery and corruption in place of the present commission. The Minister said the proposed three member commission would be all powerful to prosecute anyone accused of bribery and corruption.

“The current asset declaration law provides for the MPs to declare their assets to the Speaker, the Cabinet Ministers to the president and the government officials to their heads of departments. The new law will provide for them to declare assets to the proposed bribery commission,” he said.

Besides, the Minister said there are special provisions in the bill to protect whistleblowers.

“Today, government officials are reluctant to report about the misconduct of their superiors fearing reprisals. The new law will have special safeguards for them,” he said.

The enactment of such a piece of legislation is also a condition stipulated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to approve the US $ 2. 9 billion programme.(Kelum Bandara)

Comments - 7

Karalasingam Sivalingam Saturday, 08 April 2023 01:39 PM

Very fair, this will lead to a clean administration, the country's future is bright with similar legislative enactments.

Lanka Saturday, 08 April 2023 03:11 PM

What a joke ? What about MR and co and all your MPs...what a rubbish statement to fool people nearing election.

Rob Saturday, 08 April 2023 03:28 PM

The way to go we need to focus on the country and the citizens few officials have ruined this nation's wealth assets trough many ways even to put huge debt which is very unfair putting the intair population in darkness in many ways at least now things are gradually improving but long way to go the country should never allow this kind of deadly behavior its a good start everyone should be declaring wealth before representing the country in POLITICS and other important portfolios sectors corruption bribery elegal activities mismanagement need to stop

Kumara Ilangasinghe Saturday, 08 April 2023 03:55 PM

Why can't all these "people" declare their Assets to the inland Revenue Dept directly as the general public do with every annual tax returns?

Citizens Saturday, 08 April 2023 04:39 PM

Excellent. Better late than never!

Patriot Sunday, 09 April 2023 01:03 PM

Start off with the ex presidents and their family.

Tissa Fernando Monday, 10 April 2023 06:05 AM

No issue as the politicians are keeping their money with proxies. You can never catch them.

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