A protest has been held against the transfer of the Commissioner of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council, M.M.C.K.K. Manapperuma.
It is reported that the transfer has been made based on a petition filed by four individuals, including National Peoples’ Power (NPP) MP Samanmali Gunasinghe.
Staging a protest in front of the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Council today against the transfer, the Municipal Council staff claimed that the move was political vengeance.
Former Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal Councilor Kris Balthazar said the transfer has been made per a petition handed over to the Western Province Governor.
“A baseless petition signed by four former JVP members of council at the Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Municipal council to the governor of the Western province, including the current Dehiwala development committee chairperson who’s a representative of the NPP in parliament who signed the petition, the municipal commissioner was transferred overnight. The staff of the council are protesting against it, and request the government to stop politicizing government organizations,” he said in a statement on social media. (Newswire)