Colombo, April 9 -- Claiming that no section of the public service has been allowed to collapse over the past six months of the present government, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said if officials continue to resist change, the government will proceed to remove and replace them after May.

President Dissanayake made these remarks while participating in the launch of the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan 2025-2029 at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH).

He said the current government has taken decisive steps to free the process of combating bribery and corruption from political interference. He emphasised that while the political mechanism has been liberated from engaging in such crimes, it is now the re...