{"id":161339,"date":"2016-04-27T10:12:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T04:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=161339"},"modified":"2016-04-28T04:35:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T23:05:58","slug":"srilankan-ceo-ratwatte-dismisses-weliamuna-report-says-no-proof-of-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/srilankan-ceo-ratwatte-dismisses-weliamuna-report-says-no-proof-of-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"SriLankan CEO Ratwatte Dismisses Weliamuna Report, Says No Proof Of Corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a dramatic twist the <em>yahapalanaya<\/em> government appointed CEO Capt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Suren+Ratwatte&amp;x=12&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Suren Ratwatte<\/span><\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=SriLankan+Airlines&amp;x=10&amp;y=3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SriLankan Airlines<\/span><\/a> had told Members of the Pilots Guild that there was no proof of corruption and malpractices as highlighted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Weliamuna+report&amp;x=10&amp;y=6\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Weliamuna report<\/span><\/a>. This was revealed by Capt. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Renuke+Senanayake&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Renuke Senanayake<\/span><\/a> the President of the Airline Pilots Guild in writing to the airline\u2019s Chairman Ajith Dias yesterday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_150564\" style=\"width: 252px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-airlines-charitha-ratwattes-brother-appointed-as-new-ceo\/suren-ratwatte-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-150564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150564\" class=\"wp-image-150564 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Suren-Ratwatte--242x300.jpg\" alt=\"Suren Ratwatte\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Suren-Ratwatte--242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Suren-Ratwatte-.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-150564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Capt. Suren Ratwatte<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The first government-commissioned inquiry into the previous Rajapaksa regime\u2019s acts of corruption, fraud and malpractices was carried out by the Lawyer J.C. Weliamuna along with his team comprising of senior lawyers U.H. Palihakkara, B.A.W. Abeywardane, M.K.Bandara. This six week long exercise cost the tax payer Rs 3.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>The letter sent by the Pilot\u2019s Guild expressing their lack of confidence in CEO. Capt. Ratwatte was based on the threatening and demeaning manner he also addressed the pilot community at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/srilankan-ceo-spews-f-word-vilifies-colombo-telegraph-and-admits-he-is-incompetent\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">a meeting held on the 21st April 2016<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was copied to the Secretary Public Enterprise Development, Board of Directors SriLankan Airlines and all Members of the Airline Pilots Guild.<\/p>\n<p>We publish below the letter sent to Chairman Ajith Dias by the Pilots Guild of Sri Lanka:<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ajith Dias,<\/p>\n<p>Chairman,<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lankan Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Sir,<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent to the conduct and statements of the CEO at the meeting held with the pilots, on 21st April 2016 at the BMICH, which is also on record, we wish to state the following which is of serious concern and seek clarification of the below comments made by him:<\/p>\n<p>1. The CEO stated that there was no proof of corruption\/malpractices as highlighted by the Weliamuna report, mandated by the government.<\/p>\n<p>2. The CEO stated that the Honourable Prime Minister has intimated that he would close down the Airline in the event of any industrial action by any union of SriLankan Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>3. The CEO stated that he was in active discussion for the induction of a new type of aircraft (Bomabardier C Series) into the SriLankan fleet.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the above, the CEO during this meeting made statements that were threatening and demeaning to the pilot community present.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the above statements, the antagonistic and threatening language used by the CEO, and his demonstrated lack of competency in his capacity, the ALPGSL membership has unanimously decided to place on record our loss of confidence in the current CEO.<\/p>\n<p>This derogatory and unprofessional conduct of the CEO has occurred while the pilots have been continuously willing to extend goodwill in support of the airline.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you<\/p>\n<p>Capt. Renuke Senanayake<br \/>\nPresident \u2013 ALPGSL<\/p>\n<p>Cc: Secretary \u2013Public Enterprise Development<br \/>\nBoard of Directors \u2013 Sri Lankan Airlines<br \/>\nAll Members &#8211; ALPGSL<\/p>\n<p>Airline Pilots&#8217; Guild of Sri Lanka<br \/>\n216\/45, Diyawanna Place,<br \/>\nWelikada, Rajagiriya.<br \/>\nSri Lanka<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":150564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-161339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>SriLankan CEO Ratwatte Dismisses Weliamuna Report, Says No Proof Of Corruption - 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