Daily Mirror: Sri Lanka: Wednesday,
February 15, 2017.
A civil
society group has asked for the financial statements of all political parties
in the country under the Right to information (RTI) Act.
Transparency
International Sri Lanka (TISL) Director Sankhitha Gunaratne told Daily Mirror
that her organization had officially requested the Elections Commission (EC) to
submit the financial statements of all political parties by February 7.
“We met the
EC Chairman. He gave us a file number and assured us that the information will
be given as soon as possible. The EC is well prepared to provide the
information asked for under the RTI and appears professional in its approach,”
she said. (Yohan Perera)