COPE second report forwarded to Bribery Commission - Speaker
Uditha KUMARASINGHE, Irangika RANGE and Sandasen
MARASINGHE
KOTTE: Speaker W. J. M. Lokubandara told Parliament that the second
report of the Committee on Public Enterprise (COPE) consisting of fraud
and corrupt practices in 20 public institutions has been forwarded to
the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption.
The Speaker was responding yesterday to a request by JVP member Anura
Kumara Dissanayake to submit the second report of COPE to the Bribery
Commission.
Dissanayake reminded the Speaker that the first COPE report was
forwarded to the Bribery Commission and he is receiving a progress
report in this regard every fortnight.
Dissanayake said there were reports in the media that investigations
into several institutions have been concluded.
Speaker Lokubandara said the Bribery Commission had sent its reports
in that regard and those reports have been forwarded back to COPE. |