The Committee on Public Finance (COPF) has slammed the authorities of the Colombo Port City Economic Commission for stopping working to introduce a website for the commission although it has actually been more than a year since it was established.COPF chairman MP Harsha de Silva stressed the requirement for a correct online presence for the Commission, specifically in a context where its registrations and submission of applications are anticipated to be performed online.Further, the Port City Economic Commissions senior authorities were knocked for failing to appear before the COPF without providing a notification of lack beforehand.While highlighting on the value of the Port City task for the function of producing financial investments and the work done so far, the COPF unanimously expressed its dissatisfaction and advised the officials to exercise a much better sense of responsibility as experts dealing with such job of importance.Accordingly, the Secretary to the Port City Economic Commission was instructed to submit a by method of writing a reasonable explanation regarding why senior authorities were not present prior to the COPF when they had actually been summoned prior to the committee on December 21, 2022.

The COPF also explored the delay in the submission of audit reports, directing the commissions authorities to make sure the expeditious submission of the annual audit reports.