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Directive on appointing personal staff for Ministers, Deputies

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President’s Secretary Dr. N.S Kumanayake has instructed Ministry Secretaries on the process to be followed while appointing consultants and staff for each Ministry.

It has been mentioned that the maximum number that can be appointed for the personal staff of a Minister is 15 and the maximum number that can be appointed for the personal staff of a Deputy Minister is 12.Accordingly, for a Minister, two personal assistants, two co-ordinating secretaries, a press secretary, a public relations officer, five management assistants, two office assistants and two drivers can be appointed. For a Deputy Minister.

two coordinating secretaries, three management assistants and one each for other posts can be recruited. It also states that one’s family members or close relatives cannot be appointed for these posts.

It also states that the maximum number of official vehicles allotted to a Minister and a Deputy Minister is two. It also specifies the limit for phone expenses and the maximum limit is Rs.20,000 for office and residential and Rs.10,000 for mobile phones.

The telephone charges for the staff are also mentioned in it and it is also stated that telephones and equipment should not be provided at the expense of the Government for the support staff of Ministers and Deputy Ministers.

(dailynews.lk)(This story, originally published by dailynews.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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Assets of 02 police officers to be probed

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Assets of two prominent police officers are to be probed after authorities received a number of complaints, highly placed sources in the government say.

One officer in question is a DIG while the other is a SSP, reports add.

The Police Illegal Assets And Property Investigation Division are conducting further investigations.

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AG seeks CID probe into social media smear campaign against his staff

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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has opened a probe following a complaint by Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe that his staff have been unduly targeted by false allegations on social media.

The AG’s instruction to the CID came after several of his staff complained to him over the allegation on social media.

Particularly targeted are senior AG’s Department officials awaiting promotions, sources said.

In one of the posts, a senior officer was accused of being supportive of granting bail to Thamil Makkal Viduthal Puligal (TMVP) leader Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, alias Pillaiyan, when his fundamental rights application over his arrest was taken up. During the hearing of the FR case, the matter of bail was not even considered, the sources said.

Another allegation was that in a case related to the suspended Police Chief Deshabandu Tennakoon, the AG prevented a senior officer from representing the department and instead sent a junior officer. However, on the particular day, the senior officer was indisposed, the sources said.

These allegations surface as the AG’s Department has filed more than 600 new indictments in High Courts so far this year, while the Bribery Commission has also referred several bribery and corruption cases to the AG for prosecution.

(sundaytimes.lk)
(This story, originally published by sundaytimes.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

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19-yr. old dies after falling from elevator

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A 19-year-old youth has died after falling from a service elevator at a hotel in the Pannai area, in the Jaffna Police Division.

According to the police, the incident had occurred last night (June 21) and the deceased has been identified as a resident of Nirveli, Jaffna.

According to investigations, the youth was employed at the hotel and had been using the service elevator -intended for transporting goods.

Further investigations are underway.

This incident follows a similar case recently reported from a hotel in Moratuwa last week.

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