Protecting people from hardships caused by frequent strikes, protests:
A mechanism will be implemented to maintain essential services without disruption aiming to protect people from the hardships caused by frequent strikes and protests, Skills Development and Vocational Development Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe said.
Accordingly, a high powered committee will be appointed by the President and the Prime Minister to ensure uninterrupted provision of essential services.
Minister Samarasinghe was addressing the media at the SLFP Headquarters.
The Minister added that several Cabinet members brought the notice of the Cabinet, the hardship caused to the public due to the frequent strikes and protests launched by certain groups intentionally with the objective of disrupting essential services such as medical services, passenger transport, supply of fuel and electricity etc, could be mitigated, at the Cabinet meeting on April 25.
“With a view to maintain an uninterrupted service and to protect people, the need to introduce a proper mechanism with immediate effect was emphasised. The mechanism will be introduced and carried out by a high powered committee which will be appointed jointly by the President and the Prime Minister. It was decided to authorise them to appoint the high powered committee,” the Minister added.