Good governance Govt. cannot be toppled, Health Minister assures

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Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health Dr. Rajitha Senaratne stressed that statements saying the good governance Government will be toppled are only dreams and no one can topple the Government.

Addressing the opening ceremony of the Rs.1.3 million new RO water plant established by the Sri Lanka Navy at the Katugahahena Divisional Hospital in Mathugama recently, the Minister said those statements are only dreams and the Government will go ahead.

“The President and the Prime Minister are working with a vision. Although in the minds of some politicians the hatred remains, the matured ministers are always working to protect the Government,” he said.

He pointed out that the former leaders of Sri Lanka strengthened their political power with the constitutional amendments, but the present President is reducing his power. “He will take steps to abolish the Executive Presidency with the new Constitution. We will end the era where the young criticised the politicians,” the Minister continued.

Further, speaking about a transfer of the District Medical Officer Dr. Ranjith Dissanayake from the Katugahahena Hospital to the Bulathsinhala hospital, the Minister said he has informed the Director General of Health Services Dr. Palitha Mahipala to cancel the transfer and added that he opposed political interference in transfers of health officials.

Deputy Minister Palitha Thewarapperuma and the Commander of Sri Lanka Navy Vice Admiral Ravindra Wijegunaratne also participated. (ColomboPage)