The Presidential Commission of Inquiry probing fraud and corruption that had taken place after 2015 has assigned a fresh date for Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to appear before it following a request made by the Prime Minister.
The Commission had summoned the Prime Minister to appear before it today (12) at 9.30am.
However, the Commission has now asked the Prime Minister to appear before it on the 16th of this month since Wickremesinghe had informed he was unable to attend today’s hearings.
The Prime Minister was asked to appear to give evidence on a complaint regarding the new building taken on rent by the Agriculture Ministry a few years back.
The Agriculture Ministry had to vacate the Battaramulla building in 2015 after the Prime Minister presented a Cabinet proposal to use the building for the activities of 17 Parliamentary Sectoral Oversight Committees and the Ministry later took on rent a new building paying a monthly rent of Rs 21.5 million.
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