In a bygone era, our delegation in one memorable year, consisted of more than 100 delegates-to be precise a total head count of 132. The lingering question is: Who will lead this year’s delegation-the President, the Foreign Minister or just the Ambassador.
With a rise in infections from a deadly Covid-19 variant in New York city, the United Nations has advised the 193 member states to restrict the number of delegates to between three and five–particularly inside the General Assembly Hall or during one-on-one meetings with visiting political leaders, when the UN’s 77th sessions begin on September 20. The committee is vested with powers to hear transfer requests on valid grounds and vet those individuals for the relevant vacant slots.ĬOVID in New York: UN requests only three to five delegates from member states The Parliamentarian dismissed this botched attempt casually saying many Parliamentarians give letters of recommendations.Ĭonsidering all these back-channel attempts, President Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed a committee headed by the President’s Secretary Saman Ekanayake to look into fresh appointments and transfers in top posts in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs). The letter was signed by Mr Rajapaksa in his capacity as Attorney-at-Law and Hambantota district Parliamentarian but what caught the attention is the spelling mistake for the word ‘Attorney’. While the letter titled ‘Requesting a job opportunity’ recommended the individual as a qualified person for the role, it added “I kindly request you to pay attention to this and provide the necessary support to fulfil this request and I highly appreciate your support in this regard.” Karunaratne, a resident of Tangalle, for the vacant post of Chief Executive Officer of the GSMB Technical Services (Pvt) Ltd which comes under the Minister. The latest in this sort of recommendation letter saga came from Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa who wrote to the Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed recommending M. Unfortunately, even some learned academics have resorted to following this pattern to secure posts. It is a common feature in Lankan politics where to ‘get something done’ or secure a government job, you have to go behind politicians to get recommendation letters or as some say ‘pull some strings’ to make things happen. Namal fails to get things done, says all MPs make recommendations View(s):
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