The Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi
Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi raised concerns about unresolved service conditions in the public sector, including inadequate salary scales, transfer issues, and the absence of allowances for Economic Development Officers. He also noted unfulfilled commitments relating to Management Service officers, including renaming the service, implementing the MN-3 MoU, and filling MN-2 vacancies. He said graduates currently in minor grades should be absorbed into suitable public service posts, and that the Government would seek solutions through the Advisory Committee’s subcommittee process.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please grant me one more minute, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 They also lack proper salary scales, transfer issues persist, and Economic Development Officers do not receive office allowances; no supervision allowance, stationery allowance, travel allowance, or communication allowance.
¶ 03 For the Management Service officers, promises from 2019 to rename their service have not been delivered; the MoU for MN-3 is not implemented; many MN-2 vacancies remain.
¶ 04 There are many graduates in minor grades who have since obtained degrees through their own effort. There is now an opportunity to absorb them appropriately into fitting posts in the public service. Through the Advisory Committee’s subcommittee process, the Government will take necessary steps to deliver proper solutions.
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Cite as: The Hon. Chandana Sooriyaarachchi. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 4 March 2025. No. 1742359468086980. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/10412