Special Task Force to Ensure Uninterrupted Essential Services  – President

Special Task Force to Ensure Uninterrupted Essential Services – President

President Maithripala Sirisena has informed the Cabinet of ministers that he wanted to take steps to form a special task force to face trade union action and ensure uninterrupted essential services.
President  said,  this was  not with the  intention of curtaining  trade union activities but to ensure that essential services continued to be provided and that it was not about protecting the UNP or the SLFP. He has come to this conclusion  after discussions with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
The President has further expressed his displeasure with the way certain minister had publicly criticised the joint Cabinet decision made at the previous meeting regarding the possible creation of the task force. The President has advised the ministers that any reservations they had regarding the task force can be discussed at the Cabinet meeting itself.
The President has said that no one had the right to inconvenience the public by disrupting essential services. He has added that creating the task force was to ensure continuity of essential services and not for the purpose of bestowing a designation on any individual.