Wednesday, November 27, 2019

38 State And Deputy Mimisters Have Been Sworn In This Morning (27)

38 State and Deputy Ministers ( 35 State
Ministers and 03 Deputy Ministers) including several Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Party And Sri Lanka Freedom Party(SLFP) Parliamemtarians with fraud and corruption charges have been sworn  in before President Gotabaya Rajapakshe and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapskshe this morning (27) at Presidential Secretariet in Colombo Fort .

Among the 38 State And Deputy Ministers appointed to assist 15 member cabinet to implement government policies are 15 new parliamemtariens which 13 are state ministers .Sri Lanka Freedom Party was offered 08 State Ministry portfolios .

Several Parliamentariens who have been sworn in as State and Deputy Minisrers got court cases pending over financial frauds and one is charged over large scale Drug smuggling according to reports .

Addressing rhe gatheting after swearing in ceremony of State and Deputy Ministers ,President Gitabaya Rajapakshe has stated these Ministerial portfolios are not previlages offered but responsibilities offered to serve the people.


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