NO TREASURY OFFICIALS HAVE RESIGNED FROM THEIR POSITIONS OF DIRECTORS

All nominees of the Ministry of Finance who have been appointed as Directors to the Boards of the State Owned Enterprises (SoEs) are continuously serving in their respective positions and no one has resigned from their positions as reported by section of the Media in the recent past.

Some section of the media had carried out  news  that there was a mass resignation of the Directors serving as Ex-officio members in the boards of directors of the SoEs and technical Evaluation Committees.

The Minister of Finance Mr. Ravi Karunanayake vehemently refuting  the news stories to the effect that there was a mass resignation and stepping down as ex-officio members of directors from SoEs said that no one has resigned from their

“We basically protect the officials who have done nothing wrong, but if there is a wrong doer we have nothing to do as there will be a judicial procedure which is free from the political interferences under the Good Governance  system of administration” said the minister Ravi Karunanayake