The Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Training has taken steps to remove the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna, Professor Sujeewa Amarasena, from that position.
Minister in charge of the subject, Harini Amarasuriya, has issued an extraordinary gazette notification appointing Senior Professor R. M. U. S. K. Ratnayake as the Vice-Chancellor of the University with effect from the 25th.
Several parties had launched a continuous protest demanding the immediate removal of the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ruhuna, Professor Specialist Dr. Sujeewa Amarasena.