Justice Minister Harshana Nanayakkara has filed a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) calling for a probe into the entering of erroneous data related to his education qualification in the Parliament database.
Last week, the Parliament of Sri Lanka acknowledged that details regarding the educational qualifications of Minister of Justice, Attorney-at-Law, Harshana Nanayakkara on the Parliament website were wrong, citing erroneous data.
Director of Legislative Services Jayalath Perera said that the title of ‘’Dr.’’ was mentioned before the name of Minister Harshana Nanayakkara, in the directory of Members of Parliament on the Parliament website, due to an error in entering the relevant data.
Claiming that this did not seem an isolated incident, taking into account recent controversies around the education qualifications of government MPs, Minister Nanayakkara told the media today that it was essential to find out how such erroneous data was entered.
He further said that steps are also underway to file a civil case over the damage caused to his reputation by the various media reports published related to the matter.
The Justice Minister further highlighted that, however, the government was pleased that the public had commenced asking the right questions related to the Parliament.
“Earlier they questioned if an MP was selling ethanol or drugs, or how a convicted person was appointed an MP. Or discussions were on bar permits. Now the public is questioning the education qualification of MPs. This is the change brought by the NPP. This change alone is a victory for the government,” he said. (Newswire)