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Top officials busting up funds: JVP goes to President
Charging that some senior officials are busting up public funds on private luxuries, the JVP is to formally protest to President Chandrika Kumaratunga against the failure to appoint a joint committee to make top level appointments and monitor the work of heads of departments and corporations.

Party sources said the appointment of such a committee was part of the UPFA memorandum of understanding and JVP trade unions especially had expressed dissatisfaction over some appointments and the performance of these officials.

They said several top appointments had been made without consulting the JVP and the party was not happy with the work of some of those officials. The sources said JVP trade unions already handed over details of alleged mismanagement of funds by a number of chairmen appointed by President Kumaratunga. These included the Transport Board, the Ports authority, the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission and the BOI.

According to the JVP some of these officials have already spent huge amounts of public funds on private luxuries. The JVP is also accusing some top officials of appointing relatives of ministers to top positions, some of them made with the influence of presidential advisor Mano Tittewella.

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