A group of Members of Parliament from the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) filed a complaint today (11) with the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). They claim that the Private Secretary of the Speaker is interfering with an ongoing investigation related to a previous complaint against Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne, the Speaker of the House. In their complaint, the SJB MPs stated that the Speaker’s Private Secretary had directed the Secretary-General of Parliament to prepare a report for the Speaker about issues raised in the earlier complaint. On February 2, Chaminda Kularatne, who is the suspended Deputy Secretary General of Parliament and Chief of Staff, submitted a complaint to the Bribery Commission. He accused Speaker Dr. Jagath Wickramaratne of multiple offenses, including using government vehicles beyond his allowance, unlawfully receiving two fuel allowances, and occupying two official residences. On February 5, SJB MP Harshana Rajakaruna disclosed in Parliament that the Speaker’s Private Secretary had sent a letter to the Secretary-General of Parliament asking for details related to the complaint. Following this, a group of SJB MPs, led by MP Rajakaruna, went to the Bribery Commission this morning to lodge a complaint concerning the letter from the Speaker’s Private Secretary.