Postal Department should exist for benefit of masses

LAST week, Postal Trade Unions Front Co-convener Chinthaka Bandara had remarked that the introduction of the GovPay online system which enables digital payment of traffic fines - had caused a significant loss of income to the Postal Department.

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The trade union leader had opined that the Department would lose revenue in the range of Rs. 600 million to Rs. 800 million due to the departure from post office-based fine payments.

Bandara had urged the Government to allow the Postal Department to continue handling traffic fine payments while opposing the introduction of the digital mechanism to pay fines although it offers massive convenience to the general public.

Bandara's remark symbolises the typical mindset of the trade unionists attached to the public sector while validating the oft-repeated notion communicated by this column that State-owned enterprises/entities exist primarily for the financial enrichment of their employees and not for the betterment of taxpayers or citizens in the country.