Chairman protects the corrupt CEO!

 Tuesday, 07 April 2015 

Sri Lanka Telecom affiliate Mobitel’s CEO Ranjith Rubasinghe still remains in the job due to the protection he is getting from SLT chairman Kumarsiri Sirisena, the president’s brother, say SLT sources.

It is now well known that Rubasinghe, appointed CEO during the previous Rajapaksa regime, has, together with the then chairman Nimal Welgama and CEO Lalith Silva of SLT, had used millions of rupees belonging to the institution, without approval by the directors, for propaganda work to keep Rajapaksa in power. Both Welgama and Silva have resigned, but Rubasinghe remains in the job, which he hopes to do until the expiry of his service contract.

At a recent meeting of the directors, Rubasinghe has dared them to remove him from his post, which he has done at the instigation of SLT chairman Sirisena. According to the sources, Sirisena has taken Rubasinghe to meet the president some days ago.

Commenting on this conduct of the SLT chairman, a trade union leader in the institution told Lanka News Web that president Maithripala Sirisena is being destroyed by his younger brothers in the same manner the former president was destroyed by his younger brothers.