Former Minister Ravi Karunanayake today filed an RTI application at the Presidential Secretariat to get a copy of the report of Presidential Commission of Inquiry on Bond issue.
The former Minister, speaking to the media outside the Secretariat, insisted on fast-paced investigations on the MIG craft deal, hedging deal, Greek bond issue and loss of Sri Lankan Airlines. He said some were trying to bring disrepute to him, the UNP, and the party leadership using the bond issue.
“The UNP is targeted in an unfair manner during an election period. I have been engaged in politics for 25 long years. We do politics with the people and our hands are clean. You may assassinate me, but please do not assassinate my character,” Karunanayake said refuting the allegations made against him on the bond issue as well as giving false evidence.
He also reiterated that the Central Bank and Commercial Banks were not under him at the time the controversial bond transaction occurred.
“It is our Government that made the Right to Information Act a reality and pioneered a new political culture. I am requesting a copy of the report under the RTI Act as some elements and the media have levelled allegations against me quoting the bond commission report. I will aptly reply after reading the report,” he added.
The Bond Commission report was handed over to the President on December 30. The former Minister of Finance had also previously written to the President's secretary to obtain a copy of the report but failed.
Source : Daily News
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