Pressure is being mounted against certain appointments of persons recently made to the public sector by the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Government.
Also, President emphasizes such appointments have been made after careful scrutiny of loyalty to the nation, qualifications and background of these individuals so that policies of the Government can move forward in a successful manner.
President stresses that he has no intention of changing such appointments made after deep thinking or to replace them with different persons in the face of pressure.
As such, President requests everyone not to pressure him or the Government to change these appointments.
He is of the view that expressing opinions against these appointments will not only make the appointees unable to carry out their duties and responsibilities properly, but also will weaken the Government’s process by underestimating them in the society.
President Rajapaksa has handed over letters of appointment to a selected group of graduates symbolizing the recruitment of 60,000 graduates to the public service in order to create a culture of ‘Rata Wenuwen Weda’ (Work for the Country) as envisaged in the “Vistas of Prosperity and Splendour” policy statement.
Even though applications were initially called to recruit 50,000 graduates, the government later decided to recruit 60,000 on the directives of the President.
(LIN)