(UDHAYAM, COLOMBO) – Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake has requested Parliamentarian (MP) Bandula Gunawardene to refrain from deceiving the public by making false statements.
Commenting on the warning issued to MP Bandula Gunawardene over false statements on the Presidential Commission of Inquiry to Investigate and Inquire into the Issuance of Treasury Bonds, the Finance Minister commended the commission for making independent decisions.
The Finance Minister noted the Commission of Inquiry must be thanked for revealing MP Bandula Gunawardene’s true nature.
He said whenever MP Bandula Gunawardene opens his mouth in parliament he makes false statements, adding the Commission has proved this to be true.
Minister Karunananayake said MP Gunwardene persisted in making false statements when the government was working hard in order to identify issues and fix the country’s economy which has been gravely mishandled.
The Finance Minister said MP Bandula Gunawardene has now been warned by the commission to refrain from making false statements.
He said it is respectable that the commission will answer on a fearless, independent decision and advice a wrongdoing, false speaking MP to change his ways.