Centre for Policy Alternatives

The stated objective of the Bill is to align Sri Lanka’s legal framework with the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and to strengthen the country’s asset recovery and financial investigation regime, particularly in light of the Proceeds of Crime Act (2025). While compliance with international obligations is necessary, CPA reiterates its concern that such laws should not undermine existing constitutional safeguards including fundamental rights. CPA notes that the FATF framework also requires such laws to comply with local and international human rights standards.

Read the full statement here
https://www.cpalanka.org/cpa-statement-on-the-prevention-of-money-laundering-amendment-bill-tabled-in-parliament-on-5-may-2026/

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CPA is deeply troubled by the JVP–NPP government’s apparent insertion of a pervasive parallel layer of party bureaucracy into the apparatus of the state, from the highest levels of administration to the lowest. Through Praja Shakthi structures and Clean Sri Lanka implementation mechanisms, not to mention openly politicised appointments to senior administrative service positions, there is growing evidence of party-aligned actors being emplaced to exercise influence over decisions that properly belong to the professional public service.

Statement By The Centre For Policy Alternatives on Praja Shakthi, Clean Sri Lanka, and the Constitutional Integrity of the Sri Lankan State 2 May 2026, Colombo: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) expresses serious concern about the implications of the JVP–NPP government’s Praja Shakthi and Clean Sri Lanka programmes for the insti…