Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, appears to be flouting his own election pledges in his attempt to appoint his cousin Amari M. Wijewardene as the new Sri Lankan High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.
Amari Wijewardene
Wickremesinghe, who came to power promising to wipe out nepotism, and promote good governance, transparency and accountability, has bypassed much more qualified foreign service officials, and has instead proposed the name of his cousin, who is Chairman & Managing Director at the Swadeshi Industrial Works PLC.
Her name has been nominated to the Parliamentary Working Committee on Senior Portfolios as the new High Commissioner to UK.
She is also cousin to Ruwan Wijewardene, the State Minister of Defence.
Last November, Manoj Warnapala, the son-in-law of Austin Fernando, advisor and confidante of President Maithripala Sirisena and the Governor of the Eastern Province, was appointed as a consul to the Sri Lankan High Commission in UK.
Since the resignation of former High Commissioner, Dr. Chris Nonis, in September 2014, the post has remained vacant. There is also no Deputy High Commissioner.
GirlPower / February 11, 2016
For Wera….
So be it when you curse the P.M or anybody for that matter the curse will come back on you at some pointing in your life. you call your self good Buddhist and praise Ananda/Nalanda is this what load Buddha preached. i am sure you have a inferiority complex for not having gone to Royal Collage Colombo -7 for your education may you be the curse person in the near future you are very jealous of some body else good Karma.
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Point of View / February 11, 2016
Read his comment again……
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