EDB staff walk away during Chairman Suresh de Mel’s new year speech

EDB staff walk away during Chairman Suresh de Mel’s new year speech
January 3, 2023 NewsWire Report
Employees of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) have shown their displeasure over the Chairman of the EDB by walking away during an official event.
The employees had walked away as the Chairman & Chief Executive of the EDB Suresh D de Mel approached the stage to deliver his New Year message to the staff.
Video footage shows a majority of the staff having walked away as a mark of protest, while a few were seen remaining during the EDB Chairman’s New Year address. (NewsWire)
Editor’s Note – Suresh de Mel assumed duties as the new Chairman of the Sri Lanka Export Development Board (EDB) Monday (December 14, 2020). He succeeds the outgoing EDB Chairman Prabhash Subasinghe who ended his one-year tenure earlier this month.