SUNIL JAYASIRI 
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Mervyn to mingle with people
Public Relations Minister Mervyn Silva told Parliament that he would disguise himself as an ordinary person and visit people to identify their problems and report them to President Mahinda Rajapaksa, within a period of three months.
“I will mingle with ordinary people and identify their problems, right from issues between husbands and wives. I will also look into the problems of Opposition members. However, I will not help those who are corrupt and treacherous,” he said.
Mr. Silva said that the objective of this exercise was to create a disciplined society.
He recalled that King Akhbar who ruled India centuries ago also disguised himself as an ordinary man to identify people’s problems.
Responding to questions by the Opposition as to how could work as a minister without any institutions placed under his purview, he replied, “It is like questioning Sir Isaac Newton before he discovered gravity.”
He said that all the great world leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi held similar posts in their time.(KB/YP)
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