The Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna
Hon. (Prof.) A.H.M.H. Abayarathna stated that the Provincial Public Service Commission membership had increased from eight, including the Chairman, to ten, while noting that the law sets only a minimum of three members and no maximum. He said expenditure control was important and further reductions could be considered, but argued that larger savings had already been made elsewhere in the overall budgetary context.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, previously there were 8 including the Chairman; now there are 10. Generally, for a Provincial PSC the minimum is three; there is no maximum stipulated. We agree expenditure control is important, but we have reduced far larger costs elsewhere. If we can still reduce this line, that is good; however, in the overall context, larger savings have been achieved.
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