Why Did Piyasiri Wijenayake Accused of Alleged Corruption in PRECIFAC report Accompany President Sirisena as Part of Official Delegation to Japan? Asks the JVP.

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By Saman Indrajith

The JVP yesterday demanded to know how a person accused of corruption by a Presidential Commission of Inquiry had been to Japan as a member of President Maithripala Sirisena’s entourage.

JVP MP Bimal Rathnayake said his erstwhile colleague Piyasiri Wijenayake, accused of corruption as per the PRECIFAC report,had accompanied President Sirisena during the latter’s state visit to Japan.

Ratnayake said about 200 individuals had been accused of wrong doing as per the PRECIFAC report and Wijenayake was one among them.

“Wijeynayake traveled to Japan with the President as a member of the official delegation and even took part in the round-table discussion with the Japanese Prime Minister. How can the court cases and legal proceedings against Wijenayake proceed under these circumstances?”

He requested the government to forward his question to the Law and Order Ministry and get him a proper reply. Chief Government Whip Gayantha Karunathilake said he would refer the matter to the relevant ministry.

Courtesy:The Island