Three Cabinet Ministers of the new Cabinet namely Wijedasa Rajapakshe as Minister Of Justice ,Mangala Samaraweera as Minister Of Foreign Affairs and D.M Swaminathan as Minister Of Rehabilitation have sworn in this morning before President Maithripala Sirisene as they are to leave Switzerland today for International Conferences .The rest of the Cabinet Ministers are due to be sworn in tomorrow(25) before President Sirisene and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe sources have said.
Although the three ministers sworn in today have received the same ministerial portfolios they hold in previous government of UNP, several top ministerial portfolios have been reshuffled in the new cabinet sources have added.Elected MP'S belonging to UNP and UPFA are due to appointed as Ministers of New Cabinet as both parties have signed a Memorandum Of Understanding(MOU) last Friday(21) to form a national government.
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