Presidential Secretariat responds to Chandima Weerakkody’s accusations
The Presidential Secretariat has issued a statement in
response to the comments made by MP Chandima Weerakkody in Parliament recently
regarding the use of vehicles in the Presidential Secretariat.
Amidst many challenges, during the first two years of
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s tenure, measures were taken to render an immense
service to the public utilizing minimal resources, the PMD release said.
It said that the total number of employees and vehicles
attached to the Presidential Secretariat that contribute to fulfilling a broad
task including all projects implemented across the country, is one-third (1/3)
of the total number of employees and vehicles that were in service under the
Yahapalana Government.
“However, it should be noted that the statement made by
Member of Parliament Chandima Weerakkody in Parliament on Friday (19) regarding
the use of vehicles in the Presidential Secretariat was incorrect and was
presented without any factual study.”
“It must be said with responsibility that following in the
footsteps of the President, no official in the Presidential Secretariat uses
motorcades. Also, many officers do not use the vehicle entitled to them and use
the vehicles belonging to the vehicle pool for the relevant official purpose.”
Therefore, the Presidential Secretariat pointed out that it
is very unfortunate that Mr. Chandima Weerakkody has come up with such
“erroneous information” without proper study.
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