This year, the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption organized a friendly debate to mark World Children’s Day, commemorated on 01st October each year. The debate, aimed at making Sri Lanka a clean nation by eliminating bribery and corruption, was conducted on the topic “Implementation of laws alone is not adequate to eliminate bribery and corruption to make Sri Lanka a clean and upright nation”. The debate was held between the students of Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda and Royal College, Colombo.

Professor Saman Chandra Ranasinghe of the Department of Languages, Cultural Studies and Performing Arts, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Sri Jayawardenepura, who attended the occasion on the invitation of the Commission, delivered an insightful lecture.

This programme, which lays yet another foundation to strengthen the mission of creating a clean and upright nation, was attended by students, principals and teachers of invited schools, and the Commissioners, Director-General and officers of the Commission. Bank of Ceylon presented prizes to participant students to encourage them to achieve the above goal.