SCRM gets Cabinet nod for its operations

The Government yesterday announced the appointment of Mano Tittawella as the Secretary General of the Secretariat for Coordinating Reconciliation Mechanisms (SCRM) from 29 March.

The SCRM is the apex body created by Cabinet in December 2015 to coordinate all reconciliation related activities in Sri Lanka. 

The SCRM is established under the Prime Minister’s Office and the Secretary General reports directly to the Prime Minister and through him the President. 

The Cabinet of Ministers at its last Cabinet meeting approved the structure of the SCRM and the required funding for its operations. 

Accordingly, Abesinghe Arachchige Dayananda was appointed to the post of Head of Establishments. 

The members to the recently-enacted Office of Missing Persons (OMP) will be appointed by the Constitutional Council and will be accountable directly to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Tittawella is neither the secretary nor a member of the OMP, the statement from the Government added.