Sri Lanka, July 13 -- A newly elected government will constitutionally safeguard public sector employees against political revenge, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said at a meeting held in Maharagama yesterday (12).

The Prime Minister also said that a newly elected government will restore every right that public sector employees lost during the Yahapalana government. He also observed that all governments from 1977 to 2005 weakened the government sector.

Prime Minister Rajapaksa pointed out that the government was able to successfully face the COVID-19 pandemic because they strengthened the government service. "If it was not for strengthening the government service, how could we have successfully face this pandemic?" he questioned

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