Divisional Secretaries to Boycott Monday Meetings Starting Saturday

Divisional secretaries and their assistants across Sri Lanka will abstain from attending Monday meetings, a decision that takes effect this Saturday. The Sri Lanka Divisional Secretaries and Assistant Divisional Secretaries Association announced the move, citing significant inconveniences caused by other official gatherings.

According to the association, meetings organized by various ministries, state institutions, and political authorities are frequently held on Mondays, which are designated as public days for divisional secretariats. This practice disrupts the primary function of these offices: addressing the issues of the public who visit on their designated day.

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The decision has been made considering the inconveniences caused to the divisional secretariat's activities and the public due to various ministries, state institutions, and the political authority holding meetings physically or online on Mondays, which are designated as public days.

The association highlighted that State Administrative Circular No. 27/2023 mandates that divisional secretaries must remain in their offices on public days to resolve public grievances. The circular explicitly states that no official meetings should be held on these days. The decision to boycott Monday meetings is a direct response to the perceived violation of this directive and the resulting difficulties faced by both the public and the divisional secretariats.

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According to State Administrative Circular No. 27/2023, it is mandatory to remain at the office on the day declared as public day to resolve the problems of the public who come to meet us, and instructions have been given not to hold any official meetings.