Government employees in IDP camps to be treated with respect.

An open letter to the President Mahinda Rajapaksa

By V. Anandasangaree

(May 29, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Public servants of all levels were treated by the LTTE, only as errand boys in areas under their control and were not given due respect. I have brought this to your notice earlier too in my letter of 5th May. It should be remembered that they all helped the Government’s Civil Administration to continue, bearing all the insults and disrespect shown to them by the LTTE. Their conduct inspite of the humiliation they suffered, helped the Government to show the world that civil administration was going on un-interrupted. Today having lost their prestige, all their belongings and help from others, they are compelled to live like slaves of the Government, with no security for their lives.

Among these public servants there are a lot of officers belonging to the Sri Lanka Administrative Service. To mention a couple of them, Mr. Chelliah Dayananda who was Assistant Government Agent of Puthukudiyiruppu a grade-I, SLAS officer and the other is Mr. Kandasamy Parthipan Additional Government Agent of Mullaitheevu. If this is the tragic situation these two are facing I needless say anything about the others.

I also wish to bring an interesting thing to your notice. The EPDP that claims to have the Puthukudiyiruppu Pradesha Saba under its control and also having a say in the Northern STF have not brought to your notice the plight of the AGA and the Secretary - Pradesha Saba both of whom represent over one hundred and fifty thousand people

I strongly urge that these two officers should be allowed to move about freely and to obtain their services to re-organize the Government’s Administration in Vanni and to get engaged in development works. They will prove to be a great asset to the Government.

-Sri Lanka Guardian