2884/’12
Hon. Wasantha Aluwihare,— To ask the Minister of Co-operatives and Internal Trade,—
(a) Will he admit the facts that—
(i) resting the financial and administrative powers of the Co-operative Societies in the elected Chairmen and the Board of Directors, lead to corruption and malpractices in those Societies ;
(ii) the Matale, Rattota Multi Purpose Co-operative Society has plunged in to a huge financial crisis owing to fraud and corruption that has occurred in the financial affairs of the Society within the aforesaid context; and
(iii) the customers are immensely inconvenienced owing to the inability of the Society to run its outlets and ‘Co-op cities’ due to the financial crisis ?
(b) Will he state separately and in relation to Rattota Multi Purpose Co-operative Society—
(i) the number of outlets and ‘Co-op’ cities, the number of functioning outlets and ‘Co-op cities’ and employees; and
(ii) the number of representatives of the General Assembly that should be present at an election from the outlets, and the number of such representatives that were present at the election held on 20.03.2010 ?
(c) Will he also state—
(i) the measures to be adopted regarding the incidents of administrative weaknesses, corruptions and malpractices in the Co-operative Societies;
(ii) whether a formal investigation will be conducted regarding the corruptions that have taken place in the Rattota Multi Purpose Co-operative Society ; and
(iii) if so, when ?
(d) If not, why ?
Asked Date
2012-11-22
Asked by
Hon. Wasantha Aluwihare, M.P.
Ministry
Co-operatives and Internal Trade
Legislature
Seventh Parliament of the D.S.R. of Sri Lanka
Session
1
Cooperative Society - Corruption and Irregularities
Answered Date
2013-01-09
Answered by
Hon. Johnston Fernando, M.P.
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