The Sectoral Oversight Committee on Open and Accountable Government has appointed a sub-committee to prepare a guideline proposal to make the public service in Sri Lanka an efficient and friendly service.

 This Parliamentary sub-committee Chaired by of Udayana Kirindigoda, consists of 14 members of Parliament including Jayantha Weerasinghe, J. C. Alawathuwala, Mohomad Muzammil, Chaminda Wijesiri, Sanjeeva Edirimanna and Gunathilaka Rajapaksha.
Vice Chancellor and Senior Professor (Chair) H.D. Karunaratne, Prof. Priyanga Dunusinghe, Department of Economics, Dr. Janaka Fernando, Head of the Department, Department of Business Economics, Ashoka Dias, Director of Capital Maharaja Group, Rohana Hettiarachchi, Chairman of Pafferal Organization, Dr Vinya S Ariyaratne, President of Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement of Sri Lanka, Chairman of the University Grants Commission Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga, Election Commissioner General Saman Sri Ratnayake, Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES) Manjula Gajanayake, Secretary to the Ministry of Justice, Prisons and Constitutional Reforms Wasantha Perera, K.D.N. Ranjith, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government, Viyani Gunathilaka, Secretary to the Ministry of Public Security, Secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media Anusha Palpita and advisor to the Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee, Dr. K.A. Tillakaratne are also members of this Committee.

When the relevant sub-committee met in Parliament recently, this matter was discussed at length and the appointed expert Committee was called before the Committee to get expert opinions. Basic ideas and suggestions were presented there in preparation of a guideline proposal to make the public service in Sri Lanka an efficient and friendly service.

The sub-committee Chair presented to the expert committee the proposals to make the public service in Sri Lanka an efficient and friendly service by various government institutions and non-governmental organizations that were called to the sectoral monitoring committee on open and responsible government in the past. Taking such suggestions into account, the expert Committee agreed to prepare and finalize the relevant proposal within this year.

Attention was drawn to the attitudes of the public about the public service in this country. Inefficiency, lack of proper responsibility, corruption and fraud, lack of proper evaluation process, lack of proper coordination and political interference were also focused at the Committee meeting held.

Accordingly, the Committee agreed to prepare a guideline proposal to bring the public service closer to the public through the four points of openness, responsibility, efficiency and friendliness. The Committee also pointed out the need to regulate the implementation of the relevant proposals.

Jagath Kumara Sumithraarachchi, Chair of the Sectoral Oversight Committee on An Open & Accountable Government was also present at this meeting.