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| Sunday, 6 November 2005 |
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TISL presents anti-corruption agenda by M.P. Muttiah Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL) submitted five fundamental proposals for accountability to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and the Opposition Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. It said these proposals were capable of changing the course of the country in the future. TISL also proposed to introduce a merit based appointments to statutory bodies, boards and other key high posts, devoid of political patronage, to avoid colossal economic loss to the country. It called on the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader for a commitment to introduce a national anti-corruption agenda. `Sri Lanka does not have a clear national anti-corruption agenda. Such agenda requires a strong political will to curb corruption at all levels of governance. This includes the strengthening of the Bribery Commission, the Auditor General's Department and a commitment to make parliamentary oversight effective.' TISL also has proposed to minimise waste and extravaganza in public expenditure and to reduce the size of the Cabinet, which had created enormous difficulties to the public and the public sector functionaries as it had inherent difficulty of identifying and allocating functions. It also incurs an unbearable economic cost to Sri Lanka. Speaking at a press conference held at the Hotel Renuka in Colombo on Nov. 03 TSIL Executive Director J. C. Weliamuna said that it was a constitutional duty of the people to protest against the use of public resources for election purposes. TISL's Chief Investigator Tassie Seneviratne, Directors Joel Fernando and F. X. S. Vijayakumar also addressed. |
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