Some 400 public service jobs appointed to workers in the North a few months ago, have been terminated following the holding of the Northern Provincial Council elections, reported the Colombo Gazette.
Over 600 jobs were given to workers in Jaffna and Killinochchi ahead of last month's elections "with the intention of imparting a more efficient and streamlined public service to the Northern polity”, with Northern Governor Major General G.A. Chandrasiri overseeing the appointments.
However, around 400 of those jobs have now been suspended.
One Vavuniya worker told the Colombo Gazette,
"We were given appointments just before the recent elections. However now all the appointments have been suspended. He has said that since there is a new provincial council, the council will decide on the appointments”.
Another complained of not being paid for the last two months.
Meanwhile the Governor's office reportedly said that adequate funding had not been allocated for the appointments.
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