The editorial of the Island on Saturday reveals that the government should take into consideration the enormous cost of the Cabinet meetings scheduled to be held from place to place in each district throughout the island. There will be more than forty ministers, their security personnel and bureaucrats going out of Colombo for Cabinet meetings. Most probably, their spouses and other family members of Ministers will also join them on those tours. This has become a controversial issue today and I personally think that it is the duty of the president to look into the current controversy. We should not forget that there are many anti government elements both local and overseas being activated insidiously. Hence, we should not leave room for the rivals to conspire against the government, which is expected to deal with numerous problems confronted by the general public. The government has already increased the price of some essential commodities, which the people feel very much. The sudden drop of the car market hardly affects the poor and needy people in the country. We live with them. They are not happy at all about what is happening now. We are quite aware that our president is prudent and sensible. He is also sensitive enough to feel the heart beat of the innocent and impoverished people. We, therefore, hope that he will respond to all these humble indirect requests. Otherwise, anti government elements will use this opportunity to create a chaotic atmosphere all over the country.
D.N. Aloysius
Rajarata University of Sri Lanka
26.06.2010
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