Government assures to release names of politicians who recommended issuing of liquor licenses

By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

Parliament, December 05 (Daily Mirror)- The government today assured that the list of the politicians who had recommended the issuing of liquor licenses will be released after investigations.

Chief Government Whip and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa told Parliament that the Finance Ministry is conducting an investigation into the issuing of liquor licenses and that the list of names of the politicians who recommended the issuing of licenses will be presented in parliament for all the people to know.

The Minister said this while responding to a question by MP Rohitha Abeygunawardhane, who urged the Minister to reveal the names of MPs, Ministers or people's representatives who had recommended the issuing of liquor licenses similar to the names of the persons who had obtained the licenses.