The Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE), Government Parliamentarian Prof. Ranjith Bandara, who vehemently denies the sexual bribery-related allegations which were levelled against him by the Opposition, emphasised that he will resign as a MP if he is found guilty of the relevant charges.
Speaking during yesterday’s (20) Parliamentary session, he stressed that his Parliamentary privileges have been violated through those accusations, which he says were levelled when he was absent within the Chamber.
Bandara, who pointed out that he had already informed the Speaker of the House Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana regarding the matter in writing, urged the Speaker to take the relevant accusations into consideration before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee.
Furthermore, Bandara stated that if he is found guilty of the sexual bribe related accusation, he will step down as a MP, and that if he is found not guilty, the MP who raised the relevant allegation against him must be punished for violating his Parliamentary privileges.