# New special act to ensure honest and transparent government jobs

- ID: P04-A-02#1
- Page: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/promise/p04-a-02-1 (Tamil: https://sollumseyalum.web.app/ta/promise/p04-a-02-1)
- Pillar: 4. Youth Welfare
- Section: A. Employment and Skill Development
- Manifesto page: 39
- Stage: In the budget (Named in the budget speech; an amount may or may not be given)
- Last recorded: 5 Aug 2026
- Data licence: CC BY-NC 4.0. Curated commitments, translations, evidence links and stage analysis compiled by Sollum Seyalum (https://sollumseyalum.web.app).

## Promised in the manifesto

A special act will be enacted to ensure that appointments to government jobs are conducted in an honest and transparent manner.

## Where it stands

In the budget speech on 5 Aug 2026.

The government has named an annual recruitment planner policy in the budget.

**So far:** Annual recruitment planner for agencies to fill vacancies honestly and transparently

**Not yet seen:** A special act to legally govern appointments has not yet been enacted.

_Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them._

## Documents behind this

- 5 Aug 2026 · Budget speech · Revised Budget speech 2026-27, page 73: An annual recruitment planner will be published by all recruitment agencies to ensure vacancies are filled on time, honestly and transparently. ([Open the document (Budget speech)](https://sollumseyalum.web.app/docs/budget_speech.pdf#page=73))

> Sources are government releases, budget papers and orders. They show what the government says it will do or has done. They are claims, not independent confirmation. "Nothing recorded" means nothing in our sources, not that nothing was done.