Politicians make mistakes due to govt. servants: SP Governess

It was mostly due to the ignorance of the State officials that the politicians erred, the Governess of the Southern Province, Kumari Balasooriya said on Saturday.

“We can observe the loopholes of good governance and the government officials, who are unaware of these things, should be responsible for them. Perhaps, they make mistakes, according to the requests made by the politicians,” she said.

She also said that good governance had to There are problems due to use of money in certain institutions as a result of the ignorance of the officials be established very soon in Sri Lanka where there was peace and development. Addressing a group of journalists during a news briefing held on Saturday at the Governor’s Official Residence she said however that all were not prone to make errors.

“But, t he government is i n an embarrassing situation due to a few people who made such errors,” she said.

According to the governess, the politicians could be corrected if the officials could point out their mistakes when the politicians directed the officials to engage in a malpractice.

She said that it was a grave problem because there were no such officials to create awareness among the politicians in this regard.

“There are problems due to use of money in certain institutions as a result of the ignorance of the officials,” she said. “Good governance has to be established as soon as possible. Otherwise, it will not be useful for adopting massive development strategies after making peace. There are such problems in many institutions,” she said.