Chulantha Wickremaratne, the newly-appointed Auditor General said Internationally recognized new auditing methodologies would be introduced to the National Audit Office.

He made this remark after receiving his letter of appointment from President Maithripala Sirisena. 

The new Auditor General took oaths before Constitutional Council Chairman and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya at the Parliament complex yesterday.

Wickremaratne's appointment was unanimously approved by the Constitutional Council. 

The newly-appointed Auditor General is an old boy of the Badulla Central College.