President vows to appoint committee to expedite laws against corruption

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By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera

Colombo, August 29 (Daily Mirror)- President Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will appoint a committee to look into matters regarding the enactment of new laws against corruption.

Speaking at the ceremony to launch his election manifesto, he said the committee will comprise members appointed by the Speaker, professional association, the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) and the Chamber of Commerce.

The President said some of the laws against corruption have already been enacted while some more are still to be enacted.

"Everyone is talking about taking action against corruption and to catch thieves. How are they going to do it? We are bringing legislations to net thieves. It is easy to talk," he said.

Comments - 76

Scranjitha Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:36 AM

We wish you every success

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Suddhodana Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:51 PM

Why a new committee. Your cabinet is full of those with corrupt deals. Ask them to stand down within the next 24 hours and prove your actions are genuine.

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Sanga Thursday, 29 August 2024 02:16 PM

Starting for the COPE Chairman

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So Desperate To Stay In Power Thursday, 29 August 2024 02:04 PM

By looking at Ranil’s statement on corruption, he’s soooo desperate to stay in power. All the while he didn’t bother on the hot topic of prosecuting those involved in corruption and also those sensational murder cases. Only now after seeing how determined NPP will be on prosecuting those corrupt officials, he’s suddenly into it too. But my gut feel is if he’s voted back, will soon forget or stay adamant on not prosecuting and not disturb the corrupt bee hive as he has more betters things such as globe trotting to do.

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kumari Sena Thursday, 29 August 2024 06:02 PM

Vows indeed after years in the parliament. Who is he trying to fool?

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Citizen Perera Friday, 30 August 2024 06:20 AM

Sir . There is no hurry. We like corrupt society....like the members of your cabinet.

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S B Lokuge Friday, 30 August 2024 07:30 AM

This committee first investigate the BOND SCAM and the VISA SCAM. Both of them happened when Ranil Was at the helm to fund his election campaigns.

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Patriot Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:36 AM

Fine, can you ask him to stop corruption within himself, just giving appointment to discarded lot for so called "presidential advisors" is a form of corruption. People must think and vote this time.

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Sen Rajapaksha Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:49 AM

You appointed a committee two years ago to check if Nimal Siripala was guilty or not. Everyone knows the outcome. He is a big supporter of yours.

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Ravi Mahendran Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:49 AM

We have enough laws. As the executive enforce them. If you do all of your cabinet including yourself will be inside bars.

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Rip Winkle Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:54 AM

Too little too late, mate.

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Hain jayawardane Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:55 AM

Sorry Honb.Prisdent we are sure under the your or Namal leadership never ever the thief's and corrupted politician bring to law. They all will be safe and enjoy their usual life style.

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sam Thursday, 29 August 2024 03:36 PM

Good luck to all those three wheel drivers who think AKD will arrest Rajapakse on 22nd September and bring back all the looted money back to SL on 23rd September for all you non tax paying free looters to stay happily ever after

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world's top Liar Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:55 AM

People still don't have answers, even with all the committees you formed after taking office. You had all the time in the world to catch the rogues, but you chose to sleep with them instead. And now, another committee? If you think this will sway voters, you're daydreaming, my dear sir.

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Roshanaly Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:56 AM

All the corrupted person are with you and even your selected committee will consist of these rogues.

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Steve Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:58 AM

RW what about Bond Scam, VFS Scam ?

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Very Unfair Person Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:01 PM

You should have done this soon after taking office. So many committees were formed but nothing on prosecuting the corrupt politicians in the current and previous regimes. You were so adamant to enjoy your Presidential privileges and globe trotting soon after the appointment of President. Didn’t dare to “poke the corruption bee hive” because you may have been bumped off or told not to as part of your selection to join that party instrumental in the 2022 crisis. If a few of these corrupt politicians can be prosecuted before the elections, may have a better chance in the elections. People are so frustrated you have not lifted a finger in getting these corrupt politicians but only know to take new loans, begging from international donors and Taxing heavily the average person who is struggling daily to make end meets. You are So unfair!

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mnsmart Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:01 PM

Oh is there any corruption happening now?

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Onlooker Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:06 PM

How are they going to do it. First a concerted effort genuinely and not dilly dallying with your committees. Your promises to Rajapakses to delay are obvious. You are playing for time. Where is your FCID of Yahapalanaya now. How could FCID catch corrupt then, if there were no laws. Twister. Hope BASL and CC are silent for courtesy as otherwise they would have asked this question.

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N B Willamune Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:09 PM

He was in power before.why didn't he do then,corruption is not a new problem.

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Sad Thursday, 29 August 2024 05:08 PM

Yes it was old and still going on with VFS Sugar and other scams under Ranil. He is going against corruption - my foot.

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Don Andrews Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:13 PM

Te public should record these statements/promises and put them in publicly visible banners in a spots where people can see them and be reminded everyday of what was said and what was achieved. Preferably one at the entrance to the parliament. We need to hold these people who are employed by the people, accountable.

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ACA Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:13 PM

20 days more man

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Amare Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:19 PM

IF you are going to interfere with the judiciary THEN what is the point of passing laws. You should allow judiciary to function independently.

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Hassanda Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:20 PM

RW Tom pachaya 2 years you were President - You never told this and you Never committee to arrest the Culprits - Now you want votes and Trying to fool the public

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Avanka Perera Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:20 PM

What a joke all these years you did not do any action because NPP is saying now you are repeating the same, can you investigate your MPs and friends who are supporting you what a lie.

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Easo Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:24 PM

Why did you not do this all these time Sir ?

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Kikazaru Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:30 PM

To late man. Was at Nugegoda yesterday and all the looter were on your stage. We expect Anura to do the cleaning of the Sri Lanka society. Bye bye and Sayonara Ranil.

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Nimal 1 Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:38 PM

You had so much time in the world to act against corruption. All you did was to turn a blind to all the corruption that was taking place in addition to protecting the corrupted. Now, it is far too late. People will not believe you.

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M Azmath Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:42 PM

Joke of the century by a prominent politician after running over 45 years in politics handling so many portfolios.

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sam Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:49 PM

What was he doing all this time? allowing the looters freedom

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Gona Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:52 PM

Except CBSL DAYLIGHT ROBBERY and your cronies' mega ROBBERIES. what a clown this old good for nothing.

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Maheepala Thursday, 29 August 2024 12:55 PM

What did you for last many decades that you were in parliament? It’s shame that you use at this juncture to get votes

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AJ Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:04 PM

Please,please expedite bring of central bank rogues to face law, but before election,then we believe you

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Joke of the century Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:12 PM

Final trump card. Heads I lose, tails I win.

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Sokrates Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:21 PM

The solution is very simple. In China, corruption is punished with the death penalty by shooting in the neck. In Sri Lanka, the punishment for corruption of more than LKR 100,000 should be life imprisonment in a labour camp, without the possibility of pardon, before 30 years of imprisonment. This crime should not be eligible for bail. Everything that the senile Ranil is saying now is meaningless and just election banter.

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Karalasingam Sivalingam Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:27 PM

We are moving towards a corruption free society,since all parties are vouching to root out corruption.

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Timothy Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:43 PM

Stupid comment. What is said by tongue is different to what is in mind

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Aquarius Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:33 PM

In 2015 you promised the people to tackle corruption, prosecute the guilty and bring back the looted money - nothing happened other than your protecting the guilty. This is another election "gundu". You are part of that mafia who robbed the country.

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sunil Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:37 PM

Is it similar to the one appointed for Nimal ... Siva?

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Mina Thursday, 29 August 2024 01:56 PM

Looks this man has got up from deep slumber and doing things to deceive the public. You will be gone on the 21 Sep 2024 for ever

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මහ බැංකු හොරා දූෂණය ගැන කතා කරයි Thursday, 29 August 2024 02:00 PM

First bring back Arjun Mahendra. You are one of the most dishonest and corrupt politicians that Sri Lanka has ever had. You have no right to talk about corruption. In 2015 you promised a yahapalanaya and robbed the Central Bank with Ravi and Arjuna. Go home on the 22nd and watch Netflix. Your time is over.

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Pink Panther Thursday, 29 August 2024 02:03 PM

Mr. President. I know a lot about corruption and have been instrumental in sending corrupt individuals to where they belong- in jail. My record internationally is well known. I only will ask about Red Ruth Investments case where money was seized in HSBC HK. Mr. Thirikumar Nadesan was the beneficiary of that account. NOTHING HAPPENED. We do not need new laws. We need one honest politician to take on the corrupt. Maybe AKD is the one. Time will tell.

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Jolly Seeya Sayonara Thursday, 29 August 2024 02:05 PM

You have filled the Presidential Secretariat with defeated politicians of your party and your cronies and using tax payer money to sustain them and their perks. This itself is corruption happening right under your nose and with your knowledge.

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Ram P Thursday, 29 August 2024 02:49 PM

First to be investigated for corruption will be Ranil Wickremsinghe for the great Bank robbery and not moving to get his friend Aloysius from Singapore to face charges

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Bandara Gamaga Thursday, 29 August 2024 03:04 PM

Too little too late

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pradeep Thursday, 29 August 2024 03:30 PM

Will be a another committee with corrupted members to clean the looters. Can you get down your mango friend Arjun Mahendran whom you sent to Singapore to attend to a wedding few years back ?

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Rogue Thursday, 29 August 2024 03:33 PM

Why are people calling him Mr President, Honorable President, Sir? This paraya President should be sent home. Even paraya is too nice a word to describe him.

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Chmudri Thursday, 29 August 2024 03:35 PM

Uncle has realised the importance at the fag end.

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Shiran Thursday, 29 August 2024 04:29 PM

Too late, President. You made two mistakes. You did not show any empathy towards the poor, when applying the VAT and other taxes, not one statement of sympathy. Secondly, you never made strong statement on controlling corruption. Why? because you were dependent on the Rajapakse support? That is why you were called Ranil Rajapakse. Sorry, you will just have to fade away.

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A Supporter of the Corrupt Thursday, 29 August 2024 04:56 PM

You have been in politics as a Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Prime Minister, and President for nearly half a century. All that you did was to protect the most corrupt. Sri Lanka is in this economic and moral bankruptcy because of your inaction. How come just 3 weeks before the Presidential Election you suddenly got this idea?

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Ranjan Thursday, 29 August 2024 05:06 PM

Mr President why now? You should have launched this when you took over the office . It's too late now

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Tissa Fernando Thursday, 29 August 2024 05:11 PM

What a farce. Has it really taken you 50 years to do something like this? Too little too late, if you ask me. Goodbye my dear old chap.

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Raththaran da Silva Friday, 30 August 2024 12:22 PM

Congratulations Tissa, you are improving.Bless you

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So Desperate To Stay In Power Friday, 30 August 2024 01:55 PM

Was anxiously waiting for your comments too. I think you waited to see the reaction of the readers before deciding to follow the flow! Hope you agree now how desperate Ranil is to stay in power to enjoy the privileges instead of sincerely walk the ground and feel the situation. Anyways, Ranil might still get elected as there are a few more of your kind still hoodwinked or hip-mortised by charm or is there something else not know to us?

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Buddhist Thursday, 29 August 2024 05:16 PM

To me, it appears that the President plucked coconuts on the grounds of the Parliament for 40 years without passing all these laws that he made up in his head during the election. He has been the PM so many times and a President for over two years now. Where did he get this wisdom from now? Did a coconut fall on his head? Is this coconut from Sajith or Anura?

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Tharan Manikam Thursday, 29 August 2024 05:22 PM

The guy is an embodiment of corruption, cronyism and nepotism. Was Keheliya R your health minister? Did he not cause death of innocent Srilankans? Did you not appoint him knowing his history?

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Dan Thursday, 29 August 2024 05:54 PM

Surrounde and voted as President by the biggest crooks, he is now beginning to start investigation into corruption Start with an enquiry into outsourcing of the issue of visas.

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Kumari. Sen Thursday, 29 August 2024 06:05 PM

Who is he trying to fool? Does he not have an iota of intelligence to see through his own stupidity by uttering these statements?

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Citizen Thursday, 29 August 2024 06:06 PM

Why on earth didn't he do it already??? He forgot he's the president now.

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ignatius Thursday, 29 August 2024 06:23 PM

Ali baba and the 40 thieves. All in the same boat. Another election GUNDU.

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Use Silva Thursday, 29 August 2024 06:27 PM

You played major roles in several governments which were rotten with corruption. You always supported and harbored corrupted politicians, in face naively said stopping corruption is a myth.

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Ravana Thursday, 29 August 2024 06:44 PM

Well, Can you create another committee to monitor the corruption committees' corruption a special committee to monitor the President's corruption, and one more committee to make sure they submit their report before the election date. even though it's late I'm 100% sure your committee will submit it. Because after you will not have the capacity to appoint a committee.

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johan Thursday, 29 August 2024 07:15 PM

Even Kehaliya was found guilty he changed his min istry from Health to Environment

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Ima Thursday, 29 August 2024 07:49 PM

Here in comments most accusing you too as corrupt politico, before the election bring up Central Bank scam case and sue them,try best to bring down Mahendran, try your best to show you are clean

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Anura Jayantha Thursday, 29 August 2024 08:14 PM

You are the president now..do it!

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Lalindra Thursday, 29 August 2024 09:18 PM

After appointing 'Raththaran Rohitha' as chairman of COPE he's now talking about legislation against corruption. I am unsure as to which side I must laugh from.

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Citizen2023 Thursday, 29 August 2024 11:32 PM

Commissions after Commissions, but all of them are toothless. You are greedy for power and took it thru the vack door. You are a big liar and cheating the public. It's high time you gave up politics and enjoy the rest of your life with your spouse. Leave the youngsters to lead the country.

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M Fernando Friday, 30 August 2024 08:58 PM

:-) There is only one type of "commission" that works in Sri Lanka

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Ima Friday, 30 August 2024 07:08 AM

Read comments, according to them RW himself stinking due to his leading or associating of worst corruption initiated in Sri Lanka, my advice to him is you are a candidate, you should come clean, make a sacrifice, make u-turn and sue mahendran and gang,that will make people believe you are clean

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Sambo Friday, 30 August 2024 07:53 AM

It is too late for you now. You had all the time in the world but you never cared. The election has woken you up.

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Nanda LOL Friday, 30 August 2024 09:38 AM

While safeguarding the most corrupt Sanga sansthawa.

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S Friday, 30 August 2024 03:18 PM

Your words ring hollow when you’ve spent over 40 years shielding corrupt politicians and friends, taking no real action against them. Now you expect us to believe you’ll fight corruption? Empty promises and vague legislation won’t cut it. People see through this facade—you had decades to act and chose protection over justice. Who will believe you now?

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Soori Maripalan Saturday, 31 August 2024 05:20 AM

Pina trying to the people again after cheating Myna and Gon Gora. It is a good lesson for Hora Myna and Company!!

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Soori Maripalan Saturday, 31 August 2024 06:22 AM

This committee must be headed by the Kappam Thunga and the vice head by the Pagapala. The committee must include Kabarananda Balugamage, Seeni Horage Bandoora, Parippu Googedarage Dinasha, Dugamage Suudupala etc.

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RanjithT Saturday, 31 August 2024 09:44 AM

Mr. President. Please be kind enough to appoint another committee to find out and how many committees are there and what is/was the outcome of each committee. I remain Sir, Your obedient citizen. Committee Lover

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