Although the government says it will strengthen the country’s Auditor General Department, the country currently does not have an Auditor General, said MP Dayasiri Jayasekara.
He said this in Parliament today.
He said that the former Auditor General retired after the current government came to power and no steps have been taken to appoint a new Auditor General.
He alleged that while an acting Auditor General is being appointed for 14 days after the former Auditor General retires and for 30 days thereafter, the name of President Anura Kumara’s friend, Chandana, has been submitted to the Constitutional Council.
Commenting on this, MP Dayasiri Jayasekara said the following.
I would like to say that as of today, the country will not have an Auditor General from tomorrow morning. The reason is, on 2025/04/08, the Auditor General under your government will retire. An Auditor General will be appointed for 14 days. He will be appointed again on 2025/04/23 for another 30 days. Then what will they do? They will bring Comrade Anura Dissanayake’s friend Chandana to the Constituent Assembly and try to appoint him as the Auditor General. He has not served a single day in public service. He has no knowledge of auditing matters in Parliament. The plan is to bring him in and dismiss him.
Now, since that is not working, what will they do? They will extend the same period for another three months. Now, as we have heard, the Constituent Assembly has rejected the three-month appointment. Now, from tomorrow morning, there will be no Auditor General in Sri Lanka.
Then what are you waiting for? By next January, all three members of the Constituent Assembly, Prathapra Ramojan, Anula Wijesundara, and Dinesha Samarananda, will be leaving. This attempt is to drag this out until January 3rd.