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Office of the President of Sri Lanka
The Presidential Secretariat (
Sinhala : ජනාධිපති ලේකම් කාර්යාලය; janādhipati lēkam kāryālaya) is the office of the
President of Sri Lanka . It provides the administrative and institutional framework for the exercise of the duties, responsibilities and powers vested in the President by the Constitution. The Presidential Secretariat is located in the
Old Parliament Building in
Colombo .
The head of the Presidential Secretariat is the Secretary to the President (also known as the President's Secretary ), who is
ex officio the most senior
civil servant and head of the
Sri Lanka Administrative Service . The current President's Secretary is
Gamini Senarath .
[1] The post has its roots from the post of Secretary to the
Governors of Ceylon and thereafter the Secretary to the
Governor-General of Ceylon .
Duties
President's Office shall be concerned with the following aspects of governance:-
Co-ordinating and reviewing the implementation of Government policy in all sectors;
Monitoring progress in the implementation of specific projects and programmes;
Addressing perceived public aspirations and grievances, and
Maintaining a watching brief over the nation's external relations.
Divisions
The Secretariat, with the Galadari Hotel, Central Bank building and World Trade Center towers in the background
The Presidential Secretariat includes the following Divisions:
Agency Co-ordination Unit (ACU)
Chief of Staff Division (COS)
Citizens Services and Grievance Response Division (CSGR)
Constitutional and Statutory Affairs Division (CSA)
Electronic Media Unit (EMU)
Establishment & Operations Division (E&O)
Establishment and Human Resources Development Unit (EHRDU)
Financial and Accounts Division (FAD)
Information and Communication Technology Unit (ICT)
Internal Administration Unit (IAU)
Internal Audit (IA)
Legal Affairs Unit (LAU)
Media Co-ordination Unit (MCU)
Photography and Video Unit (PVU)
Policy Co-ordination and Monitoring Division (PCM)
Policy Research & Information Unit (PRIU)
Presidential Investigation Unit (PIU)
President's Fund (PF)
Presidents Media Division (PMD)
Private Secretary's Division
Public Services Evaluation and Social Welfare Unit (PSESW)
Religious Affairs Unit (RAU)
Secretary Bureau (SB)
Special Projects Unit (SPU)
Strategy and
Perception management Unit (SPMU)
Trade Union Unit (TU)
Statutory institutions
The following institutions fall within the purview of the Secretary to the President;
Public Service Commission
Judicial Service Commission
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
Board of Management for the Superior Courts Complex
Cabinet Memoranda listed in the Agenda and Cabinet Conclusions
Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery/Corruption
Declarations of Assets and Liabilities
Presidential Secretaries
2022 Sri Lankan protests
On 9 July 2022, during the
2022 Sri Lankan protests , thousands of protesters stormed and occupied
President's House and the Presidential Secretariat,
Temple Trees (Prime Minister's house) demanding that both president
Gotabaya Rajapaksa and prime minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe resign immediately.
[4]
See also
References
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