Proponents of militarisation claim the Sri Lanka military is more efficient, competent & uses public resources more prudently than SL public service. Findings of the Auditor-General’s reports on the 2019 financial statements of the tri-forces provide a snapshot of supposed efficiency etc, tweets Ambika Sathkunanathan.
2/ SL Army was found to be not accounting properly for, not disclosing & not submitting for audit assets worth hundreds of millions of rupees, including ‘160 plots of land owned by SL Army’ & not recovering loans worth Rs 62.87 million. https://t.co/kJCKA1FjCn pic.twitter.com/16SXI7lesi
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021
3/Report by Auditor-General on financial statements of Sri Lanka Navy 2019 found lax internal financial controls & income being credited to Navy’s Agricultural Fund instead of the Consolidated Fund, thereby excluding it from audit by Auditor-General. https://t.co/Oeg0mSBwwW pic.twitter.com/Nr3RzELWBH
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021
4/ Four ministries, one Dept & two offices allocated Rs 259.37 million to Navy for various purposes & Navy used only 86% of it by the end of the year under review. Jaffna District Secretary provided Rs 135, 220, 167 to Navy from 2016-2018 for 5 projects. pic.twitter.com/VnEPNd1q9k
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021
5/Balance of deposit account understated by Rs. 30, 263, 588. Diff of Rs. 32,660,066 in receiving cheques re same allocation. Recruited 4640 sailors without approval of Dept of Managemnt Services. Utilising 448 hectares of land owned by other orgs, value of which wasn’t presented pic.twitter.com/aPgHhu9WHL
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021
6/Auditor-Gen’s report on the financial statements of Sri Lanka Air Force 2019. Revenue from farms & holiday bungalows not brought to account.https://t.co/odBtZDlJrJ pic.twitter.com/CoxFa15ntK
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021
7/ Sixteen defender vehicles remained at the repair premises for periods ranging from 2-8 years. 145 other vehicles remained at the garage, of which 25 vehicles had been there for over 4 yrs. pic.twitter.com/qwqrmFyQ8c
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021
8/ A contract worth Rs 0.16 million was given to an entity to repair the engine of a truck, and the engine was handed over to the entity in June 2010. However, at the end of 2019, the engine worth Rs 1.34 million, had not yet been brought to the camp after repair. pic.twitter.com/60eNzAkmHF
— Ambika Satkunanathan (@ambikasat) May 3, 2021