-Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe is yet another corrupt individual
(Lanka-e-News -02.June.2016, 8.20 AM) The media reported that announcements were made from the side of the government that the appointment of the new Central Bank Governor has been put on hold until the Minister of Finance Ravi Karunanayake returns to the country after his overseas tour. However no media has stated unambiguously this is an official announcement of the government. Though it was stated at the first this was an announcement made by the Information Department , the Director News as well as the media secretary confirmed , they have not officially made such a statement. Some other media also claimed this was information received from the P.M.’s office.
These are of course most curious and bizarre stories because the Central Bank does not come under the purview of the finance ministry of Ravi Karunanayake.
According to gazette notification of 2015-09-21 , based on the Institutions under the Finance ministry , the Central bank comes under the ministry of national policy and economic affairs , and the minister in charge of that is none other than the Prime Minister (vide copy of gazette notification herein).
If finance minister Ravi Karunanayake can appoint a chief to an Institution under the purview of the P.M. , then surely , Gayantha Karunathileke the minister of media must be eligible to appoint the chairman to the Ports. Likewise , sports minister Dayasiri Jayasekera must be able to appoint the chairman of the Lotteries Board , and so forth.
This is therefore a ploy to ‘buy ‘ time until the P.M. chose a new governor , and sent his recommendation to the president , by making Ravi Karunanayake the scapegoat. Hence , the stories doing the rounds that Ravi Karunanayake must return to appoint the Central Bank Governor is absolutely false. In the circumstances , before the true picture is out , and the culprit behind these mischief is trapped , it will be best if the best candidate who has no political affiliations is chosen . This will benefit the country and all concerned.
Though Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe is a most senior Central Bank officer , and some claim he is the most suitable , but none can blink the fact that during the Ajith Cabraal period , it is he who jointly with Cabraal another notorious corrupt crook drove the country into irretrievable economic despair.
It is a well known fact that Weerasinghe caused the country to lose in billions in the purchase of bonds in Greece . He joined with Cabraal to gamble with country’s wealth in the infamous hedging soodhuwa recklessly frittering away the country’s wealth. Many say , rather than appointing him , it would be better to appoint Cabraal despite the latter’s rackets. He is a lesser evil.
The aim and objective of the group that is clamoring for the appointment of pro MaRa Weerasinghe of the Bue Brigand as the Governor ,is to sabotage the government of good governance after planting him . Hence making seniority the criterion when making the selection for appointment woud be most portentous and disastrous. The pro good governance masses are of the view like how seniority was not reckoned when appointing the Attorney General (AG) , in this case too that can be ignored.
(The gazette notification which gives details of how the Institutions were distributed among ministries , and the communiqué issued by the Information department that denies having made a statement that Ravi must return , are hereunder . By clicking on the images those can be viewed.)
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