(Lanka-e-News -18.June.2015, 8.30PM) The Joint trade unions of the Ports Authority commenced an unending fast yesterday against the arbitrary and lawless administration of ‘Ranatunge regime.’
The secretary Lal Bangamuwa of the Nidhahas sevaka sangamaya belonging to the Joint trade unions joined in this fast that is staged in the compound of a building in the vicinity of the Gate 3 of the Port . In addition two others , representatives of the other trade unions including Sri Lanka Nidahas seva union of the SLFP and Jathika Sevaka sangamaya of the UNP have also expressed their solidarity by joining in the fast.
The circumstances that sparked the fast are as follows :
The leaders of the trade unions recently seized super luxury furniture when those were being produced secretly in the Ports carpentry division deploying Ports resources for the harem of Arjuna. The latter who was infuriated over this had interdicted two security officers of the carpentry division for permitting the trade union leaders to enter the division.
The trade union leaders had thereafter surrounded the security office of the Ports and demanded that the interdiction orders be withdrawn on the grounds that there is no necessity for the trade union leaders of the Port to obtain special permission to enter other divisions.
Though the officials agreed to withdraw the interdiction orders , afterwards on the orders of the minister a complaint was lodged with the police that the trade union leaders sought to attack them . While the police began persecuting the trade union leaders ,the trade unions jointly decided at a meeting, as the officials have not allowed discussions with them , to launch an unending fast . Consequently , the three aforementioned members of the unions commenced the fast yesterday.
Following the detection of the super luxury furniture meant for the harem of Arjuna , the henchmen of the latter held a media discussion and claimed those furniture were being turned out for the official residences in the Port. At any rate they could not produce any document in support to prove that the administrators of these official houses have made any such official requests . The media too which do not question and only note down what is said , also had nodded in agreement.
The water supply to the official houses in the Port are in a disarray . The houses have not been refurbished for many years and are without lights .In those circumstances , what are needed for these residences are basic facilities , and not super luxury furniture .Moreover if furniture is to be supplied to official residences , that must be shown in the annual budget .Or else supplementary expense should have been approved. Simply because the minister said, furniture cannot be provided.
Besides, the furniture required for the minister’s office or his official residence cannot be taken from the Ports carpentry division , those must be obtained via the government supplies department or following tender procedures.
Therefore when it is abundantly clear Arjuna Ranatunge is illicitly turning out super luxury furniture deploying the resources of the Port for his harem unlawfully , not only the workers of the Port but even the entire pro good governance masses must rise against the vindictive actions taken against the workers and the trade union leaders who made the detection and exposed this racket
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