Constitutional Council declines to reveal details on Auditor General nomination

Colombo, Jan. 21 (Daily Mirror) - The Constitutional Council (CC) has refused to disclose certain information sought under the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016, regarding its decision on the President’s nominee for the post of Auditor General.

The request for information was submitted on 1 January 2026 by Attorney-at-Law Aazath Atham Lebbe, following a news report published titled “Auditor General’s post: CC rejects yet another President’s nominee, this time an Army officer.” 

The request sought details on the total number of members of the Constitutional Council, as well as the names of members who voted in favour of, against or abstained from voting on the nomination of Army Officer O.R. Rajasinghe.

In its response dated 13 January 2026, the Information Officer of the Constitutional Council stated that information relating to the total number of members and their designations is already available on the official website of the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

However, the Council declined to disclose the names of members who had voted in favour of or against the nominee, citing Section 5(1)(g) of the Right to Information Act, No. 12 of 2016 on the ground that the information is required to be kept confidential by reason of the existence of a fiduciary relationship.