The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law
Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara raised concerns about the cadre and recruitment arrangements at CPSTL, noting that the entity is wholly state-owned and subject to oversight by the Department of Public Enterprises. Referring to a letter from the Ministry Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, which he tabled for the Library, he argued that CPSTL cannot recruit staff at its discretion and requested the Secretary to examine the matter.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 Please grant me another minute, Hon. Presiding Member.
¶ 02 Hon. Presiding Member, I need to state an important matter. Regarding the current cadre arrangement—Hon. Minister, the Ministry Secretary is present in Parliament today. I have with me a letter sent by the Secretary to the Ministry of Finance. CPSTL belongs entirely to state enterprises. However, this Secretary, Mr. Udayanga Hemapala, has written that—this is very clear at the Department of Public Enterprises as well—CPSTL cannot recruit as it wishes. I hope to speak on this further in future. I ask the Secretary to kindly read that letter regarding state business enterprises, because you cannot recruit as you please, and with thanks to the Chair for the time given, I conclude.
¶ 03 (Placed in the Library.)
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Cite as: The Hon. Dayasiri Jayasekara, Attorney-at-Law. 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 20 November 2025. No. 22934. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/4483