Media should project Mahinda Chintana success - Media Minister

Mahinda Chintana is the key programme of work being implemented for the development of the country. It is the duty of all to make it successful. It is also the responsibility of the state media institutions to project the success of the Mahinda Chintana and to stand for it.

Minister Keheliya Rambukwella

Acting in this way is not tantamount to indulging in politics but it is a great contribution being made to popularize the development of the country, said Mass Media and Information Minister Keheliya Rambukwella.

He said this during a discussion at his ministry last morning with the new chairman of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Mohan Samaranayake and the senior management of the Rupavahini Corporation about the future activities of the corporation.

The minister said that the Rupavahini Corporation is one of the prime institutions among the state institutions in the country.

“Its employees could proudly say that they are employees of the Rupavahini Corporation. But every employee should perform their duties concurrent to that pride,” he said.

Reminding the saying that “the human being is the most intelligent animal,” the minister said that it is natural to have problems and conflicts when there are about 1,000 persons working in an institution.

He said that it is common to the Rupavahini Corporation as well.

The minister emphasized when problems and conflicts do take place, it should not be allowed to get out of hand and it should be settled within the framework of the Institution while protecting the good image of the institution.

Rambukwella said that all state media institutions made a great effort to popularize the Mahinda Chintana and pointed out that through these efforts, a massive contribution could be made for the country’s development.

He said that he does not see popularizing the Mahinda Chintana as working for political party, and as it is the only agenda for the development of the country, endeavouring to make it successful is equivalent to making the national development programme successful.

Ministry Secretary W.B. Ganegala and Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation Chairman Mohan Samaranayake also spoke.