Legal action to be taken against former ministers for forcible occupation of official residences
Posted on March 10th, 2020
Courtesy The Island
Twenty six former ministers had not vacated their official residences, and the Ministry of Public Administration would file legal action against them, in the coming weeks, Secretary to the Ministry S. Hettiarachchi told the media yesterday.
Hettiarachchi said that the former ministers were yet to vacate those official bungalows though four months had elapsed since the change of government. Ministers were usually given a three-month grace period to vacate their official residences, but the ministers concerned have outstayed that period.
Hettiarachchi said that Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had been earlier informed of the issue. “However since Parliament has been dissolved, we have written to the Secretary General of Parliament stating that we will take legal action against the 26 former ministers if they do not vacate these official residences by the end of this week.”