Doctorate claimed by the Director General of the Tourism Board
- Saturday, 24 January 2015
The tourist Board is anxiously waiting to know if the present DG at the tourist Board is actually carrying the PHD degree for him to claim ‘ Doctor’ before his name.
There have been much talk on this subject in the past including the article carried by the Island 13 January 2012. He is yet to produce the certificate to Authorities in which case this matter will not arise.
Under the present Government ‘Doctor; Jayaweera’s presence has been questioned after having served his masters namely Former Minister Basil Rajapaksa and Dr Jayasundera whose ways of managing the instructions was implemented by Jayaweera and yet has come under serious questioning for the purposes they served.
Delayed Recalling Of Rajapaksa DPL Henchmen Begins
January 24, 2015
Some 30 Rajapaksa henchmen and close associates appointed as diplomats during the previous regime have been recalled with immediate effect.
Ambassador to Russia Udaynada, Ex- President and Ex-FM
Among those who have been recalled are non-career diplomats who have been appointed to the service without fulfilling the required criteria as well as those who have been serving in a single station for a prolonged period.
Among those who have been recalled is the Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia who has been serving in the station for close to eight years now.
One of the pledges made by the President during the campaigning period was to free the diplomatic service of political influences.
The process was due to begin just a few days after the election of the new President. However, it was delayed due to the arrival of the Pope and the External Affairs Minister’s visit to India.
