The mere installation of the WB procedure itself would not suffice to expect a sound corporate governance from the corporate sector as envisaged in the anti-corruption bill. Whistleblowing plays a crucial role in implementing corporate governance practices

Corruption in Sri Lanka is considered a national malady, which has been the root cause for high inequality and disparity in income, increased poverty and low growth rate. Though successive governments have pledged to eradicate this menace, it has been an impossible task to arrest malady due to the prevalence of the corruption culture backed by powerful politicians, bureaucrats and business tycoons.

Could you just imagine that the two former Presidents, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena had deployed a personal staff of 2,578 and 1,300 respectively at a staggering cost of Rs. 630 million and 850 million during their tenure? This does not include the cost of the police and service personnel released to the Presidential Secretariat. Even the White House or for that matter Buckingham Palace would not have employed a huge contingent. Surely, somebody would have had siphoned and pocketed out massive amounts very systematically.

Pathetically, Sri Lanka is ranked today in the 102 position among 180 countries in the corruption index. The Commission of Allegations and Bribery and Corruption (CIABOC) became a toothless tiger and its mismanagement, lethargic and inefficient approach compounded the situation....

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