It has been alleged that Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva has exerted undue influence on the interview for the selection of security officers for Katunayake Bandaranaike International Airport.Sri Lanka Latest News
Several rounds of interviews to select 100 male security officers and 50 female officers have been held at the airport premises for the past few days, and the relevant authorities have worked to select 100 male security officers following the prescribed procedure.
However, it is reported that out of the fifty female officers to be selected, twenty-five, the minister has intervened and grabbed, and instead of twenty-five female officers, he has filled the relevant quota with twenty-five more male officers.
The Daily Mirror website reports that with the intervention of the minister in the interview held for the selection of security officers, a heated situation has been created in the airport premises.