Lanka to publish rules to appoint anti-corruption commissioners: IMF report

ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s Constitutional Council is making rules to select and appoint commissioners to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) and International Monetary Fund report said.

Sri Lanka has “committed to ambitious governance reforms based on key recommendations from the Governance Diagnostic (GD) report to help restore and sustain economic, social and political stability,” an IMF report said. “A government action plan will inform next steps in the implementation of recommendations.”

The reports said considering “The limitation” of approved anti-corruption legislation, the Constitutional Council was developing rules to appoint commissioners to the CIABOC that will “establish an open and transparent process to ensure selected candidates meet the highest levels of professionalism, ethical conduct, and integrity.”

The rules are to be gazette by end-December 2023 as a new structural benchmark.

“Staff also recommended appointing commissioners and publishing implementation plans for the AC Bill by December 2023” the report said.

“The operationalized Anti-Corruption commission should publish the asset declarations for senior officials by July 2024.”