Who
will answer?
It was the 54th annual convention and much of the decorations and
transport was of the state. First there were the CTB buses, which
were used, in full force to transport party supporters. And then
there were the floats, which were, constructed, courtesy of many
a state-run institutions. The question is who will answer to these
abuses of state funds for the benefit of a political party.
Profits used for political gain
In the state-run Rupavahini Corporation, the Chairman had released
Rs. 350,000 for expenditure for the Convention. However, the employees
are demanding their overdue mid-year bonus, which was not paid saying
the Corporation was running at a loss. Insiders say the Corporation
had made large profits but employees are getting nothing in return
whereas money is being used by a few in the upper echelons, for
political gain.
Important ones!
Cabinet spokesman announced some of the ‘important’
Cabinet decisions taken at last Wednesday’s meeting. What
he announced were the important ones among 54 decisions taken that
day. They included the growing of katuwelbatu in Anuradhapura and
planting gliricidia for electricity generation.
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