Olympic medalist Susanthika Jayasinghe has reportedly misplaced her place as a marketing consultant to Sri Lanka ladies’s cricket.
Her employment is claimed to have been terminated following a call taken final week by the restructuring committee chaired by Iran Wickramaratne, which was appointed by the Minister of Sports activities. The committee determined to discontinue the companies of numerous people who had allegedly been receiving salaries from Sri Lanka Cricket and not using a clear operational necessity.
In accordance with sources accustomed to the committee’s work, the transfer is anticipated to lead to substantial value financial savings for the cricket administration.
These affected reportedly embody people employed as consultants and coordinators.
As well as, there are stated to be quite a lot of individuals who had been appointed by means of district and provincial associations and had been receiving month-to-month allowances equal to salaries.
Additionally it is reported that many of those people had been supplied with insurance coverage protection.
Nevertheless, the lack of employment suffered by Susanthika has been considered by many as notably unlucky.
It’s because the month-to-month subsistence allowance beforehand paid to her by the Ministry of Sports activities had been discontinued a while in the past, after which former Sri Lanka Cricket President Shammi Silva reportedly organized a place for her throughout the cricket administration.
Many throughout the sporting neighborhood consider that the State has an obligation and duty to supply a pension or allowance to Sri Lanka’s solely residing Olympic medallist. In that context, Shammi Silva’s resolution to supply her with employment has been extensively considered commendable.
In lots of different nations, Olympic medallists obtain a state pension or allowance for all times.
However, it’s regrettable that Susanthika has additionally turn into a casualty of the employment cuts launched by Iran Wickramaratne’s restructuring committee.
Susanthika, who relocated to Australia along with her youngsters just a few months in the past, just lately returned to Sri Lanka.
In accordance with studies, she was unable to deal with the excessive value of residing there.
