Navin Dissanayake resigns from Ministerial post

Minister of Public Management Reforms Navin Dissanayake has tended his resignation letter to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, last night.

The Minister said that he has decided to resign from his Ministerial portfolio and from all positions he held under the Government. Dissanayake was the chief organizer of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) for Nuwara-Eliya district as well.

In his resignation letter, the minister has cited three reasons for his resignation, including the authorities’ failure to allocate enough funds for his Ministry in order to serve the area residents of his represented area and abolish the executive presidency. The Minister had also pointed out that his father and late Minister Gamini Dissanayake and late Minister Lalith Athulathmudali too struggled to abolish the executive presidency in 1990s.

“As a father of two, hereby, I show my gratitude and admire your most onerous service to wipe off the LTTE from our country,” Dissanayake said that he has no conflict of opinions with the President and ‘policy decision’ led for his resignation.