Bribery Commissioner to be exonerated and
complainant to be indicted - Handunetti
:opportunity to expose everything
(Lanka-e-News -10.Feb.2014, 11.55PM) State media has reported that charges are to be filed against Sunil Handunetti M.P. who lodged a complaint with the bribery and corruption commission that the former judge and present bribery and corruption Commission chairman Jagath Balapatabendi is guilty of taking bribes .After exonerating the alleged bribe taker , Handunetti is to be charged on grounds of leveling false charges against Balapatabendi, the State media added.
Under the 21 st century ‘Asia’s miracle in the making’ of the Rajapakses anything unlawful is possible and any wrongdoer is pedestaled, and so it is in this case. That is , the bribe taker can be exonerated and the complainant can be indicted. The action filed by Handuneti has been dismissed on the grounds that there aren’t adequate evidence to substantiate the charges. In the circumstances the Commission had decided to discharge the case without even a trial. The hearing was by one of the two Commissioners of the Bribery Commission other than the accused Commissioner the third , who have conducted the hearing, and it had been held that this complaint was aimed at tarnishing the image of the Commission , based on State media reports.
When Lanka e news inquired from Handunetti M.P. , who is the complainant , he explained, the Commission had not informed him of such a tale so far. On the 1 st of January 2014 , the complaint was first made , and on the 31 st of that month a written reminder was sent to the Secretary to the Commission , intimating to him that when the inquiry is being conducted to inform the complainant so that he could produce evidence at the relevant inquiry.
Based on legally accepted procedure followed by the Commission , after the complaint is lodged , evidence shall be produced by the complainant at the inquiry. Therefore it is not for the Commission to just close the case by saying there is no evidence according to its own whims and fancies. There is no such Commission procedure , the M.P pointed out.
In any case , along with the complaint, evidence had been submitted . The only question is whether the vehicle that was given to the accused is in his possession or not. If it is in his possession the Commissioner is guilty , the M.P clarified.
Meanwhile a close relative of Balapatabendi told Lanka e news , Balapatabendi had not been a judge in this case heard against him. . Nevertheless , the M.P. rejected his defense , and said that is an absolute lie, adding that the verdict pertaining to his complaint bore the signature of Balapatabendi at its end.
The aforementioned State media had reported that the complaint lodged by Handunetti is bogus , and action is to be filed against him for making such a false complaint in the courts . Handunetti giving an answer pertaining to this stated , he is eagerly awaiting such an action as it is of grave importance . That will enable him to expose the perfidious activity , and he is fully prepared for it.
complainant to be indicted - Handunetti
:opportunity to expose everything
(Lanka-e-News -10.Feb.2014, 11.55PM) State media has reported that charges are to be filed against Sunil Handunetti M.P. who lodged a complaint with the bribery and corruption commission that the former judge and present bribery and corruption Commission chairman Jagath Balapatabendi is guilty of taking bribes .After exonerating the alleged bribe taker , Handunetti is to be charged on grounds of leveling false charges against Balapatabendi, the State media added.Under the 21 st century ‘Asia’s miracle in the making’ of the Rajapakses anything unlawful is possible and any wrongdoer is pedestaled, and so it is in this case. That is , the bribe taker can be exonerated and the complainant can be indicted. The action filed by Handuneti has been dismissed on the grounds that there aren’t adequate evidence to substantiate the charges. In the circumstances the Commission had decided to discharge the case without even a trial. The hearing was by one of the two Commissioners of the Bribery Commission other than the accused Commissioner the third , who have conducted the hearing, and it had been held that this complaint was aimed at tarnishing the image of the Commission , based on State media reports.
When Lanka e news inquired from Handunetti M.P. , who is the complainant , he explained, the Commission had not informed him of such a tale so far. On the 1 st of January 2014 , the complaint was first made , and on the 31 st of that month a written reminder was sent to the Secretary to the Commission , intimating to him that when the inquiry is being conducted to inform the complainant so that he could produce evidence at the relevant inquiry.
Based on legally accepted procedure followed by the Commission , after the complaint is lodged , evidence shall be produced by the complainant at the inquiry. Therefore it is not for the Commission to just close the case by saying there is no evidence according to its own whims and fancies. There is no such Commission procedure , the M.P pointed out.
In any case , along with the complaint, evidence had been submitted . The only question is whether the vehicle that was given to the accused is in his possession or not. If it is in his possession the Commissioner is guilty , the M.P clarified.
Meanwhile a close relative of Balapatabendi told Lanka e news , Balapatabendi had not been a judge in this case heard against him. . Nevertheless , the M.P. rejected his defense , and said that is an absolute lie, adding that the verdict pertaining to his complaint bore the signature of Balapatabendi at its end.
The aforementioned State media had reported that the complaint lodged by Handunetti is bogus , and action is to be filed against him for making such a false complaint in the courts . Handunetti giving an answer pertaining to this stated , he is eagerly awaiting such an action as it is of grave importance . That will enable him to expose the perfidious activity , and he is fully prepared for it.
