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Sri Lanka Telecom engineers and staff will launch a continuous trade union action with effect from December1 demanding the authorities to remove Group CEO Dileepa Wijesundera from his post as they have completely lost their professional trust and respect with him.

This decision was taken at an emergency general meeting of Telecommunication Engineers Union (TEU) this week.

According to SLT trade union sources, the present administration headed by the CEO has failed to properly manage the institution and the management has also botched to direct the company towards higher levels of growth.

They accused the CEO for continuing actions detrimental to the progress of the company.

Mr Wijesundera was also misleading the SLT management, Board of Directors and share holders claiming that the company has achieved a high growth and it provides a better service for consumers, TEU alleged.

Under this set up SLT TEU members have decided to boycott all directives and orders of the CEO and his affiliates as a well as to desist from all duty coordination with him and his subordinates with effect from December 1.

It has also demanded to immediately stop heavy investments leading to financial instability of the institution and unproductive operations and halt the present restructuring process in the administrative structure and conduct a prompt investigation into financial frauds in the institution through unsuccessful projects.

President Maithripala Sirisena left the country today and is scheduled to arrive in Seoul tomorrow (28) for a three-day state visit to Republic of Korea, on an invitation extended by the Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Carrying a message from prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe regarding the prevailing political crisis, minister Mangala Samaraweera met president Maithripala Sirisena at the latter’s official residence at Paget Road, Colombo on the night of November 26, political sources say.

There, minister Samaraweera expressed the desire of the premier and the UNP to continue the government until 2025 as per the agreement they reached with president Sirisena in 2015.

Conveying their confidence in the president, he, however, noted the difficulty in continuing that alliance if the SLFP joined with the joint opposition, according to the sources.

130 MPs to support UNP govt.

Meanwhile, meeting the president in Kandy, minister Malik Samarawickrema informed him the UNP would have to form a government of its own if there would be an union between the SLFP and the JO.

The UNP presently has 107 seats in parliament, and it is prepared to show a strength of 130 seats, he stressed.

But, the UNP will not expect support from its appointed MP Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, he added.

The United National Party (UNP) was ready to work with anyone willing to uphold Good Governance and to mutually strengthen electoral prospects, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.