State Institutions to be restructured - CBK
[12 Apr 2001]

President Chandrika Kumaratunga earlier this week invited senior customs men to her office for a briefing. She told them import duties and customs levies had the potential bringing in an additional 58 Million Dollars into the state coffers. If corruption is eliminated in revenue making state institutions it would be possible to reduce interest rates and  bridge the budget deficit.

President Kumaratunga said plans are underway to restructure government institutions and to minimize red tape. She said officers would be judged and rewarded on performance alone. 

The President assured the customs men she will not let honest officers to be taken captive by Mafia types who engage in all types of corruption and malpractice.

She pledged her Government would do everything possible to provide maximum protection to officers who perform their duties honestly without fear or favour.

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