ITAK MP S. Shritharan was among those who voted in favour of appointing an Army officer as next Auditor General when Constitutional Council (CC) convened last week, the Sunday Times reported.
However, the CC has rejected O.R. Rajasinghe, the nominee submitted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to take over as the country’s next Auditor General.
The CC’s rejection of O.R. Rajasinghe’s name means that four nominees the President has submitted to the CC over the past eight months to serve in a permanent or acting capacity as Auditor General have been rejected by the Council.
All three civil society members, along with Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa and Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP Ajith P. Perera, voted against the nominee. Prime Minister Amarasuriya and House Leader Bimal Rathnayake, along with MPs M. Athambawa and S. Shritharan, voted for the nominee.
There has been no acting Auditor General at the department for the past two weeks, leading to severe disruptions in work at the National Audit Office.
Mr Rajasinghe is a serving officer of the Sri Lanka Army and a member of the Army’s Audit Division. His name had been submitted to the CC by Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya during its meeting held last Wednesday. During the CC meeting, chaired by Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne, only four members voted in support of the President’s nominee, while five voted against. (Courtesy- The Sunday Times)
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