Some section of the media had carried out news that there was a mass resignation of the Directors serving as Ex-officio members in the boards of directors of the SoEs and technical Evaluation Committees.

The Minister of Finance Mr. Ravi Karunanayake vehemently refuting the news stories to the effect that there was a mass resignation and stepping down as ex-officio members of directors from SoEs said that no one has resigned from their

“We basically protect the officials who have done nothing wrong, but if there is a wrong doer we have nothing to do as there will be a judicial procedure which is free from the political interferences under the Good Governance system of administration” said the minister Ravi Karunanayake