Sri Lanka Bribery Commission DG to resign

Director General of Sri Lanka’s Director General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, Kanishka D. Wijeratne, has agreed to resign after the Supreme Court gave leave to proceed, legal officials said.

Transparency International Sri Lanka went to court alleging that the appointment was made in an opaque, ambiguous, and circuitous method that has been followed in making the appointment without due consideration of the need to follow a reasonable process.

Lawyers for Wijeratne said he undertook to resign by 3.00 pm after courts indicated they were inclined to grant interim relief.

The petitioner sought interim relief to stop the Director General from functioning in office until the completion of the case.

Supreme Court Justices P P Surasena, Kumudini Wickremesinghe, and Janak de Silva heard the case. President’s Counsel Viran Corea appeared for TISL. (Colombo/Oct07/2024)