Sri Lanka’s new cabinet to be sworn in Monday
[TamilNet, Sunday, 21 November 2010, 14:29 GMT]
Sri Lanka's new Cabinet is to be sworn in Monday at 10:00 a.m. Sri
Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to administer oaths to new
ministers and deputy ministers in the Presidential Secretariat,
according to Presidential Media Unit. D. M. Jayaratne is to continue as the Prime Minister. The number of
cabinet rank ministers is to rise to fifty, according to political
sources.
Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Mahindananda Aluthgamage, T. B. Ekanayake
and Dilan Perera who are currently holding deputy minister portfolios
are expected to be elevated to the cabinet rank. Rauf Hakeem, leader
of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC) is also expected to be
appointed as Minister of Justice. The recent crossovers from the main opposition United National Party
Lakshman Seneviratne, Rauf Hakeem, Abdul Cader are also expected to be appointed as ministers with cabinet rank.
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