Trade Unions are demanding that the Government provides an interim solution to resolve the issue over high taxes.
Secretary of the Government Medical Officers Association (GMOA) Dr Haritha Aluthge said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have told them that though the IMF could consider any relief only during the next review the Government could make its own adjustment.
“We are demanding that the Government provides us with an interim solution until the next review comes”, Dr Aluthge told the media.
Several other unions too have taken the same position claiming that they were not in a position to wait for next five to six months until the IMF review is made.
The Federation of University Teachers Association (FUTA) has already decided to continue with their strike action.
In a related development the trade unions belonging to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) have commenced a Sathayagraha campaign against what they call a privatization plan of the CPC.
The tax relief demand is only by a small fraction of the community which can be ignored.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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