This correspondent at the same spot on the banks of the Li
by Kumar David-April 11, 2015, 1:39 pm
Why can’t the scourge of corruption, flagrant family nepotism and rampant abuse of power everywhere be exposed in the exemplary way the Weliamuna Board of Inquiry (W-BoI) has done for Sri Lankan Airlines? All along I tamely swallowed the Prime Minister and President’s lame excuse that "Ho, haa things must be done properly; the authorities must cautiously build a strong justiciable case". Blah, CID sloths, the tortoises in the Bribery Commission and the lame Attorney General crawl like snails, but W-BoI has shown that a no-holds-barred public inquiry, armed with a mandate to question witnesses and probe documents, can shine light, build a prima face case and urge prosecution of ex-chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe and ex-CEO Kapila Chandrasena. A BoI is not a court of law and its findings are not conclusive but the public outcry for transparency prior to court proceedings has been sated. The findings confirm every detail of what was previous public knowledge; so many alleged cases of scandalous graft, including China financed mega-projects, are likely to be true.
