While State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) continue to terminate employees, the Youth Ministry has appointed two new political staff members this week alone.
Adhadhu has learned that the new appointments to the Youth Ministry include a Senior Political Director and a Political Director.
Ahmed Shiyaz has been appointed as the Senior Political Director, while Abdul Sameeu has been appointed to the post of Political Director.
The ongoing layoffs at SOEs are being carried out in accordance with a circular issued by the Privatization and Corporatization Board (PCB) on April 18, which aimed to reduce expenditures and streamline the operations of government-owned companies.
The PCB directive mandated all SOEs to reduce their workforce by 33 percent within a three-month period starting July 13. The board stated that this instruction was issued under the legal authority granted to it by the Law on Privatization, Corporatization, Monitoring, and Evaluation of Government Businesses.
The board further noted that all government companies, SOEs, and state-owned commercial entities are legally obligated to comply with this directive.
Despite these new political appointments at the Youth Ministry, the President's Office continues to refuse to disclose the total number of political staff currently employed by the administration.
Following the government's failure to reveal the number of political appointees and their associated costs, the Information Commissioner’s Office set a deadline for the President's Office to release the data. However, the President's Office failed to provide the information even after the deadline expired.
