Mahinda regime media director appointed as the media consultant for the Good Governance 

Oct 26, 2015

Wasanthapriya Ramanayake who was serving as the news director of the State Information Department is said to be appointed as a consultant for the department, confirmed sources reported Lanka News Web.

A senior public servant said there is no consultants appointed so far for government departments, consultants are only appointed for ministries and ministers.

 

Ramanayake was recruited to the information department as an editor for the “Desathiya” biweekly magazine published by the information department. Former president Mahinda Rajapaksa by presenting a cabinet paper created a permanent position to Ramanayake in the information department as news director.

 

When Ramanayake was about to retire the former president abolished the said position through another cabinet paper and renewed the position on contract basis and recruited Ramanyake for another two years for the same news director post.

 

Confirmed sources from the news department told Lanka News Web when Ramanayake’s contract ends on the 15th of November a new consultant position would be created in president Maithri’s Good Governance and the latter is to be fastened.

 

Information department internal news confirmed that Mohamed Hilmy has influenced Ramanayake to transfer the former administrative manager to the public administration ministry alleging the latter tried to sell the departments old newspapers.

 

Mohamed Hilmy who flatters about Ramanayake is said to be appointed as the acting administrative director. Department workers said administrative director positions are given for first grade public servants but the latter has passed only up to the third grade.

 

Department workers further said Ramanayake is said to be behind the scene for the appointment of Mohamed as the administrative director and it is to manipulate the information department according to his desires.