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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Consensual govt. via its gazette notification proves to the world it is in a pickle and a butt of everybody’s jokes !
(Lanka-e-News
- 11.June.2017, 11.00PM) It is a pity the consensual government which
is making an exhibition that it is a model to the world , has in fact
only been able to demonstrate to the world it is instead in an insipid
‘pickle’ and has become a butt of everyone’s jokes following its
recent gazette notification. This became clear after the gazette
notification of Friday (09) which published the Institutions coming
under the various ministries following the cabinet re shuffle.
Owing to these topsy turvy ministerial functions made without
following any scientific or sensible method , the performance of the
tasks duly of the ministers are hindered and hampered .
A number of Institutions under the purview of the finance and media
ministry have been pulled out. The Central bank and the Commercial banks
that ought to be under the finance ministry as they were before, have
now been withdrawn . Despite the grave accusations mounted against
the central bank corrupt bond issue , the prime minister has kept the
central bank under him.
In addition , the Development Lotteries Board and the National Lotteries
board that were under the finance ministry have been brought under the
purview of the foreign ministry.
The State printing department , the State printing Corporation and
national Film Corporation that were under the media ministry from the
outset have been withdrawn and brought under the purview of the ministry
of public administration and management , which has no connection
whatsoever to those Institutions ( Ministry of Ranjith Madduma Bandara) .
The Kantalai Sugar factory which is an entirely different subject has been brought under the ministry of lands.
The employees Trust Fund (ETF )has been brought under the newly created
ministry of special development projects following the cabinet
reshuffle , which ministry was entrusted to Thilak Marapone , despite
the fact this ministry and ETF have no relationship at all. The ETF
was under the prime minister previously.
It is to be noted the ETF was under the finance ministry in the past , and that is the ministry to which it actually belongs.
‘Milodha’ financial research Institute the first financial research
Institute established in this country has been brought under the purview
of the new special development projects ministry . Though the financial
research Institute must be under the finance ministry in any country ,
because the government is obsessed with making a pickle of everything ,
these universal truths to it have meant nothing.
Though the State financial taxation affiliated to the National policy
and planning , comes under the monitoring and evaluation of the finance
ministry that formulates financial and macro management programs , the
national programs and formulation of projects have been brought under
the purview of the ministry of national policy and economic affairs
belonging to the prime minister (P.M).
The new special gazette notification that revealed the
Institutions coming under the new ministries is full of such blunders
and indiscretions. By such tomfoolery the confidence and trust reposed
locally and internationally in the consensual government cannot be
boosted. What truly has resulted on the contrary is erosion of whatever
confidence reposed in it .
It is due to such muddling and bungling that those who were
desirous of investing in SL , though they attended the foreign
conferences in large numbers , did not come in to invest for the last
two years.
Foreign affairs are under one minister while foreign investment is under another, and the Central bank is under yet another minister . To compound the confusion , the commercial banks are under one minister , and the economic affairs are under another. In such a country where everything is in a pickle , will any foreign investor invest in SL ? Little wonder the country is stranded .
Foreign affairs are under one minister while foreign investment is under another, and the Central bank is under yet another minister . To compound the confusion , the commercial banks are under one minister , and the economic affairs are under another. In such a country where everything is in a pickle , will any foreign investor invest in SL ? Little wonder the country is stranded .
Going by the gazette notification , it is most unfortunate ,
what the president and prime minister have exhibited to the world is
not only they don’t understand these egregious blunders , but also are
poor when it comes to management .
The full text of the special gazette notification is hereunder
http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/6/2022-34_E.pdf
http://documents.gov.lk/files/egz/2017/6/2022-34_E.pdf
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