Latest "Yahapalana" move - Independence of Independent Commissions impeded ???
It is reliably learnt that the Old Royalist Prime Minister who preaches democracy and good governance, whilst practicing autocracy and arrogance, has in his latest show of highhandedness, had summoned the Chairman and the Secretary of the Public Services Commission (PSC) to Temple Trees to question them on its stand on the issue of school Principals’ appointments. The meeting has taken place in the presence of his trusted lieutenant, Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam and ministry officials. Cabinet paper to override the authority of the Public Services Commission Sources close to the Ministry of Education confirms that the minister with the blessings of the Prime Minister, is contemplating on bringing in a cabinet paper to override the authority of the Public Services Commission in making Principal appointments to National Schools in the light of action by various stakeholders of Royal College in the Court of Appeal. This had been discussed at the meeting chaired b