“If one place of the machinery of the government service would have a deficiency, it will affect the whole system. Therefore, everybody should work together for the required achievements of the country”, he added.

The Secretary was addressing the staff of the Presidential Secretariat today (Jan. 1) to mark the New Year.

“President Maithripala Sirisena is a people-friendly, humble leader. He has to face many challenges and as a public servant you can provide him every possible assistance to him for winning this task”, the Secretary further stated.

He also said that the Presidential Secretariat had black marks in the past. “We should determine to work through lessons learned from the history and ensure that such mistake would not recur,” Mr. Abeykoon added.