If Maithri to establish good governance, corrupt officials should be removed

Wednesday, 04 February 2015
The officials who outrageously tried to bring Mahinda Rajapaksa to power for the third time is continuing to work in their official positions and started to give their support to president Maithripala Sirisena.

If Maithri to establish good governance, doctors such as K.T. Ereiwan the deputy director medical supplies a stooge who always appeared behalf of Mahinda Rajapaksa and politicized the Lanka Hospitals should be removed and appoint suitable people for the positions.

Few misappropriations of Dr. K.T Ireiwan
1.Joining with the procurement team and purchasing of medical equipments without following tender procedures.
2.Monopoly the cardiac clinical unit under his control and hindering all who oppose against. This causes immense hardship to the patients who attend the cardiac clinic.
3.Having extra marital affairs with other women’s working in the same hospital where his spouse is working. (Offering foreign tours to these women’s)
4.Slandering the director board and creating troubles in the hospital to sustain his position.

A Precarious Transition And National Government?

By S. I. Keethaponcalan -February 3, 2015

Dr S.I. Keethaponcalan

The last time Sri Lanka had a president and cabinet of ministers from two different parties was in the 2001 – 2004 period: the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party (UNP), respectively. PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga (SLFP) was re-elected in 1999 and in 2001 the coalition headed by Ranil Wickramesinge (UNP) won the general election. The expected cohabitation between the two failed because the president used her constitutional powers and prematurely dissolved parliament in 2004. The UNP government collapsed with the dissolution of parliament.

Sri Lanka has been forced into a SLFP-UNP combination again following the recently concluded presidential election. Chairman of the SLFP Maithripala Sirisena is now the president and the cabinet is headed by UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinge. The combination seems to be sailing smoothly and the cohabitation between the two will not be a problem, at least in the short term. The main difference this time around is the fact that President Sirisena was elected mostly with the UNP votes in January 2015. Therefore, he will not allow his party men to topple the government until the 100-day reform program the government has announced is completed. This reform program is President Sirisena’s election promise.Read More