Felix Dias Bandaranaike

He was a very popular person about the anti-corruption campaign and also known as the "virtual leader of the state" during the SLFP governments after the death of Prime minister S.W.R.D.

[8] Felix Dias was considered to be instrumental in the major public administration reforms that took place during this time.

[9] He retained his seat in the 1970 general election with the landslide victory of the SLFP lead coalition, he was appointed Minister of Justice in Sirima Bandaranaike's second cabinet with the portfolio of Public Administration, Local Government and Home Affairs.

This included the establishment of the Criminal Justice Commission to prosecute the captured insurgents and the effective police investigation into routing out the JVP.

Felix Dias continued many of the socialist economic policies that nationalized private estates and industries, focusing on a centralized economy.

In 1977, SLFP faced a major defeat in the 1977 general election in which he lost his seat to Sarathchandra Rajakaruna of the United National Party.

Felix filed several cases to prevent the abuse of power by the Government led by President Junius Richard Jayawardena.

On 10 February 1978 the UNP government passed the Special Presidential Commissions of Inquiry Law No.

The Supreme Court held (2:1 majority with Neville Samarakoon CJ dissenting) that de Alwis was a person unfit to hold the office of a Commissioner.

The family lived in the historic Maha Nuge Gardens in Colombo and he had his country seat at Weke Walawwa in Kirindawela.