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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, June 23, 2018
Bungler Gamarala and his defense secretary who farts around make a hash of everything ! Secretary and additional secretaries on collision course !
(Lanka e News -22.June.2018, 7.00AM) President Gamarala recently said , irrespective of what load of work he has , he goes to bed by 10.30 p.m. whereas his
daughter in the book ‘my president father’ had stated , on days he has a
lot of work he works until dawn , and wakes up again in the morning
meaning that either Gamarala is lying or his daughter is telling lies.
If not , the book has been written by another father’s daughter.
While Alzheimer’s disease afflicted Gamarala is wreaking havoc day in
and day out , Kapila Waidyaratne who was appointed as the defense
secretary is also playing merry hell ,consequent upon which both the
defense ministry and the country are being fast plunged into doom and
gloom.
Here are the facts…
The defense ministry comes under the president and it has 5 additional
secretaries. They are security / administration / parliamentary affairs
/civil security/engineering. These additional secretaries are
answerable to the secretary in regard to their subjects. When Karunasena
Hettiarachi was serving as defense secretary he reposed confidence in
these secretaries while also securing them ,and worked as a single
ministry.
In the scheme of things when performing ordinary administrative duties,
the superior officer trusts the inferior officer and safeguards him.
Hence the relevant files , requests etc. that are sent to the
president , ministries ,the three forces, the Institution chiefs ,
Public service commission and departments are with the signature of the
secretary.
Additional secretaries who have to stand near his door for 4 hours or more !
There are four SL administrative service special grade officers and an
engineer under defense secretary Kapila Waidyaratne , and it is 11
months since he assumed duties ( took up duties on 2017-07-04) , yet he
has no faith in any of the officers in the ministry. Consequently , all
the additional secretaries , senior assistant secretaries , assist.
secretaries , and directors are utterly disillusioned and disgruntled.
In addition , the additional secretaries have to spend 3 to 4
hours of their time ( of their 8 hours duty time) that is half the day
standing idle near the door of the defense secretary to get his
signature or approval for an official document . This is a common sight
in the ministry now . Even then they are not called in by the secretary ,
with the result they have to go back with their task unattended. Owing
to this attitude , the defense ministry activities have all gone awry
and come to a grinding halt during last year. In short the ministry is
in an utter mess.
The bungler who comes to work at court starting time , pays floral tributes and then begins his farting around…
The defense secretary who was a lawyer arrives daily at 10.00
a.m.- the time courts begin . By the time he finishes his paying homage
to the deity it is 11.00 a.m. Thereafter he commences work by carefully
examining the files that are on the table for two to three hours. If an
additional secretary appears , he is not allowed to come into his
office and explain the necessity because he is distrusted. .
Though it is 11 months since the defense secretary took over duties ,
because of the atmosphere of mistrust , discord, and lop sided
administration , there is a huge backlog of files which should have
been dispatched to the presidential secretariat , prime minister’s
office and ministries . Those are languishing in dusty corners. This had
most adversely affected the president himself. . The files which ought
to be sent to the president’s office specially cabinet papers , research
and state defense affairs documents are delayed inordinately .
The 4 additional secretaries are abused and chased away…
Owing to these reasons , there is a lot of resentment and
disappointment within the defense ministry. Last week on the 12 th with a
view to defuse the situation , the four additional secretaries
(security/administration / parliament/ civil) have gone and met the
defense secretary , and explained their difficulties they are facing
because of his attitude when performing their duties . They have
highlighted his lack of trust in them , failing to safeguard them and
sending anonymous letters direct to the Bribery Commission . The toffee
nosed secretary due to his characteristic aggressiveness, inefficiency
and intolerance he has chased away the additional secretaries from his
office. He had also berated them severely and warned them he would get
them ousted from their posts immediately by complaining to the
president.
No other ministry secretary conducts himself this foolishly. They
trust their subordinates specially the additional secretaries. But this
weda beri ( incapable) secretary is always angry with the additional
secretaries who are more capable, and is full of venom and vengeance
against them . Owing to this, the defense ministry which must forge
ahead is on the reverse gear and hurtling down at breakneck speed.
Weda beri Ratne who is the exact match for weda beri Gamarala …
Though time and again complaints are made to the president of the
defense secretary Waidyaratne , the latter who is fond of foreign
junkets and frequently travels overseas even to change his dress, is
receiving president’s blessings nevertheless because president himself
is a weda beri( incapable) Sillysena . Two weeks ago when the president
addressed his members of the staff , numerous complaints were received
from the staff against the defense secretary and his misdeeds. Yet the
president dismissed those without taking action because he wants to
fasten the blame in respect of his own faults on the defense secretary
and find an escape route for himself , according to well informed
sources .
This secretary who was a criminal lawyer, brief- less though knows
absolutely nothing about administration laws. Such an ignoramus who
knows nothing about administration being made a defense secretary of
country’s highest defense headquarter is to muddle up everything in
every sphere of activity .
It is significant to note that all four additional secretaries
(except the engineer) of the defense ministry are special grade
officers. Despite the fact there are talented officers among them ,
Waidyaratne on the other hand is trying to run the defense ministry like
how a court is run most lethargically and lazily after throwing them
out , whereas the fact of the whole matter is all the officers of the
defense ministry are earnestly anticipating the day when Waidyaratne
will be thrown out lock, stock and barrel.
Lanka e News inside information division defense ministry reporter.
Translated by Jeff
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