Prime Minister orders an inquiry to the post given to Anusha Pelpita

Prime Minister orders an inquiry to the post given to Anusha Pelpita

There had been news published in several media and websites that the former Director General of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Anusha Pelpita had been awarded the post of additional

secretary to the Ministry of Public administration and management.

In this connection Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has ordered an investigation be conducted in this regard and if any other suitable person is having qualifications to fill that post, his appointment should be squashed.

In this regard the Minister of public administration and management Vajira Abeywardena had added that such an appointment has not been awarded to Anusha Pelpita.

However the Minister had added that when the authorities of the ministry had called for applications from 20 competent persons to work for the flood relief activities he too had applied and other that Anusha Pelpita had not been given any other post in the ministry.

Anusha Pelpita during his tenure at the telecommunication Regulatory commission during the past Mahinda Rajapaksa era he is alleged to have  utilized the funds of the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission for importation of SIl  clothing to be distributed among the  peoples in the run up to  the  presidential  election campaign election