Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe today announced that the parliament will be convened on February 8 to debate the Bond commission report and other reports in to on serious fraud and corruption.
The Prime Minister made this announcement at a public rally in Morawaka, Deniyaya.
The PM said the letters calling for parliament to be convened will be sent out tomorrow.
“February 8 was decided as being a suitable date as the Ministers and Parliamentarians are currently engaged in election campaign process,” Wickramasinghe said.
According to political sources the decision was taken in response to the challenge made by the President to hold the debate prior to the election. He had alleged the debate was put off in agreement with corrupt individuals.
The Prime Minister also went on to say that it is not an issue if the party leaders wish to debate on the matter for a number of days as the United National Party has done nothing that needs to be hidden or swept under the rug.
“There is much discussion regarding holding a debate on the commission reports in the country today” he said adding that the party leaders had agreed to hold a debate on February 19 regarding the two reports that have been submitted to parliament. However the debate will now be held on February 8 after the Prime Minister has decided to convene parliament following a request made by JVP MP and Chief opposition whip Anura Kumara Dissanayake to the Speaker in this regard. “The speaker informed me of the request yesterday,” he said adding that thereafter he asked for the parliament to be convened on February 8.
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