The Dinana Dakuna collective has lodged a complaint with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption against Members of Parliament elected from the National People’s Power, alleging an offence under the Anti-Corruption Act.
The complaint was filed on Wednesday morning, Ada Derana reported.
What the complaint alleges
The organisation says NPP MPs have deposited the allowances they receive as parliamentary privileges into the bank account of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, rather than using the funds for the public benefit the allowances are intended to serve. It contends that this amounts to an offence under the Anti-Corruption Act, No. 9 of 2023, and has asked the commission to open an expedited investigation.
The complaint sets out five requests. Two of them are that CIABOC summon all 159 NPP MPs to record statements, and that it examine the party’s bank accounts.
Ada Derana did not list the remaining three requests.
What has not been established
The report does not describe the arrangement being complained of beyond the allegation itself — how the deposits are said to be made, over what period, or what sums are involved. Nor does it record any response from the NPP, the JVP or any of the MPs named collectively in the complaint, and it does not say whether CIABOC has acknowledged receipt, opened a file, or commented on whether the conduct described falls within the Act.
A complaint to CIABOC is not a charge. It triggers no finding on its own, and the commission is not obliged to investigate every complaint it receives.
Ada Derana was the only verified newsroom carrying the complaint at the time of writing; Hiru News, NewsFirst, the Daily Mirror and Colombo Gazette had not.
Who Dinana Dakuna is
Dinana Dakuna — “Winning South” — is a political collective that has been active on several fronts this year. It lobbied the Chief Prelates over the 22nd Amendment in August, has put questions to the Finance Ministry Secretary, and last week argued that IMF-framed stability masks a collapse in real incomes, citing a poverty rate above 25 per cent.
Context
The Act the complaint invokes is itself before the Supreme Court. Transparency International Sri Lanka has petitioned against five clauses of the Anti-Corruption (Amendment) Bill, arguing they are unconstitutional — a challenge directed at provisions expanding the discretion of CIABOC’s Director-General, the same commission being asked to act here.
