A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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Thiranjala Weerasinghe sj.- One Island Two Nations
?????????????????????????????????????????????????Monday, September 28, 2015
A protest for removing the pulp from the cultural and presenting to Akila
Sep 27, 2015
A hostile
situation has been erupted against the education minister Akila Viraj
within his ministry for removing some of the state institutions such as
the Central Cultural Fund, National Arts Board, Gramodaya Public Arts
Center, The Public Performance Board, Tower Hall Foundation, National
Arts Gallery and the National Archeological Department from the Cultural
Ministry and giving it to the education minister.
The hostile group says that it is similar to giving the pulp of the
cashew nut to the education minister and giving the skin to the cultural
minister.
Report reaching us confirms according to the enactment bill, the central
cultural fund cannot be removed from the cultural ministry and the
change has been made without considering the legal obligations.
Although the scopes of the new ministries of the new government was
gazette last 22nd the ministers of the Good Governance have showed
resentment of their ministry scopes and how state institutions are
divided.
While some ministers have received 20 state institutions and some
ministers has got only two or three institutions and attaching relevant
state departments to a different ministry is the cause for this
displeasure.
A minister told us that a great unfair have been caused and special
privileges have been given to a few selected groups when dividing
ministries.
Although 48 ministries were approved in the parliament last 22nd
according to the gazette notification 50 ministry scopes were released.
Scopes of Defense, Mahaweli Developmet and the Environment Ministry
scopes have not been changed. 22 state institutions have been removed
from the Prime Minister and given to other ministries and the National
Wages Commission and National Center for Leadership Development has been
taken under Prime Minister.
35 state institutions which was under the finance ministry has been
reduced to 26 and all state banks and its attached financial companies
have been taken under the State Enterprise Development Ministry.
Meantime Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation and its controlled institutions
and State Plantation Corporation, Land Development Board, Sri Lankan
Air Lines, Kurunegala, Chilaw and Galoya Plantation Companies, Cashew
Corporation and Mihin Lanka has been given to minister Kabeer Hashim.
When going through the gazette it is learnt that some ministers have
been given more than 25 constituted institutions and state departments
and some ministries has been given less than four institutions.
When entrusting state institutions to the new cabinet ministers 36 state
institutions have been given to the Industry and Commerce minister
Rishard Bathiudeen.
There was no scope entrusted to the Minister of national integration.