Government Information Department in a chaos

Oct 05, 2015

Director of the Government Information Department G.E.S.P Roshan has been transferred to the Public Administration Ministry as he tried to sell the old newspapers which were in possession with the department’s library.

The director board has given instructions to sell these newspapers despite the regulation enforced that those newspapers would be sold after one year of its purchase.

 

Although the authorities say the transfer of Roshan is due to giving instructions to sell the old newspapers, the workers say that it is due to the charge sheet given by the latter to the statistics officer of the department K. Osmand who was alleged for taking bribes.

 

The Department use to order food from a catering company located in Gampaha for any department functions. Osmand has taken a 40% commission out of the orders and later the catering company has become displeasure with Osmand when he raised his commission to another 10%. Following the incident the catering owner has made a complaint to the Government Information Department and to the Bribery and Corruption.

 

Following the inquiry of this incident the department suspended the work of Pradeep Sirige who was working as a clerk but the department workers stress, Osmand who gobbled the entire commission is still working in the department is due to his close affiliation with the United National Party.

 

The frontline person who has influenced to transfer Roshan to the public administration ministry is the news director P. Ramanayake who is now above 60 years and elapsed his retirement. Department workers allege that this Ramanayake was enjoying privileges of the Rajapaksa regime and continue to destruct the News Department even in the Good Governance.