President advises Heads of institutions to carry out govt. activities

The prevailing political situation in the country would be solved and until such time it is the responsibility of the government officers to continue the public service

President Maithripala Sirisena instructed all the heads of state institutions to carry out government activities and public services smoothly and efficiently without allowing them to be disrupted under the prevailing circumstances.

He said that the prevailing political situation in the country would be solved and until such time it is the responsibility of the government officers to continue the public service activities and people’s services without any disruption.

He said so at a special meeting held on Saturday at the Presidential Secretariat with the secretaries of Ministries, District secretaries and Heads of state institutions. He expressed his satisfaction because so far no complaint has been received about them and expressed his confidence that all government officers would discharge their duties impartially in future with responsibility. On this occasion, the secretaries of Ministries created an awareness among the President about the issues emerged in the Ministries while they were doing their duties and the President said that the instructions given by him should be followed to do their activities without any barrier. He stressed the importance of maintaining the essential services like harbour, electricity, petroleum, health services and food without any problems and pointed out that the day today decisions would not be taken , there will be problems within another 3 to 4 months in the country.

He also requested the officers to do with special attention the prominent programmes implemented on behalf of welfare services including ‘Grama Shakthi’ campaign continuously.

He said that the instructions had been given by him to monitor those activities. He added that the drought that prevailed for 4 years had decreased and advised the officers to devote their time and energy to implement the food production and agricultural programmes successfully.