Two top officials given marching orders; who runs the show these days? The two officials slithered away to the back row seats only to find their seats were taken by the wives of two other officials. The two senior civilian officials from the President’s office and the Prime Minister’s office must surely have got a first hand experience of who runs the show these days. After this, the attention of those organisations turned towards Australia to step up the pressure from Australian authorities to stop ongoing assistance to Sri Lanka Police. They were Coconut, Kithul and Palmyrah Cultivation Promotion State Minister Arundika Fernando and Foreign Employment Promotion and Market Diversification State Minister Piyankara Jayaratne, who were elected from the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP).

Source: Sunday Times November 28, 2021 00:39 UTC