Politicians should uphold public servants’ dignity - public administration Minister

Shirley WIJESINGHE

COLOMBO: Politicians should protect the public servants’ dignity, said Public Administration and Home Affairs Minister Karu Jayasuriya.He was addressing the Assistant Divisional Secretaries at a workshop at the New Town Hall recently.

The 17th Amendment to the Constitution is intended to elevate the status of Public servant,” the Minister said.

He said, he could not be satisfied with the present public service which was under political grip for several decades.

“I hope to make it free from the clutches of politicians,” he said.

Public servants should work for their Motherland with particular emphasis on day-to-day official requirements of the public, Jayasuriya said.

He hailed the decision to establish a voluntarily organisation ‘Clean Hands’ by ministry Secretary D. Dissanayake to inquire into corruption and financial discrepancies in the public sector.

Local Government Minister Chandrasiri Gajadheera and Ministry Secretary D. Dissanayake also participated.