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Within the first six months, since I became President, I curtailed those excessive powers

He said the Independent Commissions had been placed above politicians, Public Servants, business community and all citizens so that the impartiality of the commissions was unchallenged. The Open Government Partnership - Global Summit in Tbilisi in Georgia opened yesterday (18) in the Conference and Concert Hall at Tbilisi with the participation of President Sirisena. The Global Session, chaired by Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze took off with the participation of Presidents, Prime Ministers, Speakers, Ministers and other representatives from 75 member countries.the ‘Open Government Partnership’ is a mechanism formed to enhance transparency and accountability to the public and people’s participation in governance.

Enlightening the participants on how his tenure as President of Sri Lanka has improved the country in terms of the principles of the Open Government Forum, President Sirisena went on to say that when he became the President of Sri Lanka, the Presidency was vested with so many executive powers that no other elected leader in the world enjoyed.

“It was under that absolute power that corruption spread. Therefore, within the first six months, since I became the President, I curtailed those excessive powers concentrated around me as the Executive President and transferred them to the Parliament. That strengthened the Parliament,” he stressed.