It is reported that the Secretary to the President Gamini Senarath has informed all the Secretaries of the Ministries in writing that if a head of a state institution belonging to a Ministry is removed, prior notice should be given to the Presidential Secretariat.
Sources said that the ministers have also lost the power to appoint new heads of state institutions as a circular issued by the President in 2020 regarding the appointment of heads of state institutions has not been canceled yet.
