Opposition MP Dr. Harsha de Silva says he will work to secure democracy to the best of his ability, in response to the remarks surrounding his recent statement concerning the probe into the VFS visa deal.
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) MP made the statement responding to remarks over his recent statement in Parliament regarding the Committee on Public Finance’s (CoPF) probe into the visa matter.
Last week, MP de Silva, who is also the Chairman of COPF, claimed that the parliamentary probe into Sri Lanka’s visa issuance process and the VFS Global deal had resulted in threats to his life.
However, the Police said that when the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) contacted the MP to record a statement, he had informed the Police that his statement was made under parliamentary privileges.
Furthermore, while thanking the authorities for their action, de Silva stated that he currently faces no threats to his life, making an investigation unnecessary.
Responding to the various reports on his response to the Police probe, MP de Silva said he would not comment on the statements made by the Police concerning the issue.
“At this moment I shall not comment on statements made by various people including the Police regarding what I said in @ParliamentLK. I shall continue to do my job to the best of my ability and fight for democracy in #SriLanka,” he said, in a post on ‘X’. (Newswire)
