Administrative Service Association asks Parliament to punish corrupt politicos, officials

The Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association has asked Parliament to empower the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) and the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE) to recover losses caused by politicians and officials.

The SLASA has also requested that the culprits be subjected to judicial process. The Association made the proposal at a meeting of the National Council Sub-Committee on Identifying Priorities in Formulating Short-, Medium- and Long- Term Policies, which met in Parliament, on Tuesday (18).

It attended the meeting held to obtain expert opinions for the National Council Sub-Committee on Identifying Priorities in Formulating Short-, Medium- and Long- Term Policies.

Accordingly, the Sri Lanka Administrative Service Association presented a proposal containing amendments related to the executive presidential system of the country, amendments related to the Council of Ministers and ideas and suggestions for the reforming of the public service.

The sub-committee also discussed, at length, the need to amend the ordinances to remove the existing legal obstacles for upgrading the public service, through digitization, and the Association pointed out that it would enable the creation of a more efficient public service, which is an essential factor.

The Chairperson informed SLASA to submit short-term amendment proposals, related to updating the public service, to the committee, within two weeks.

The Chairperson of the sub-committee pointed out that a national policy can be quickly prepared after submitting the amendments to the Parliament, through the National Council.