Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A Total Of 26 Cabinet Ministers And 39 State Mimisters Had Sworn In At Kandy -Majority Are Former Ministers With Corruption Charges

The new Cabinet Comprising of 26
Ministres  and 39 state Ministers had sworn in Before President Gotabaya  Rajapakshe  and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe at historical Magul Maduwa this morning.(12),

However the majority of the appointed Cavinet and state Ministers are Corrupted personal and more than 10 have  court cases pending against them.Those who have involved in Narcotic trade,thuggery and illicit liquor and ethanol businesses had also appointed  as Cabinet and state Ministers it has been revealed . Also President is   keeping Ministry of Defense within his purview although 19 th ammendment introduced to the constitution not been allowed to do so..

Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe too keep two Ministries the Ministry of Finance and Housing with his purview.

The Former President Maithripala Sirisena and former Justice Minister  Wijedasa Rajapakshe are among those did not receive Cabinet Portfolios.

Among  those who had been appointed as Cabinet ministers there are 07 newcomers and 05 intellectuals representing "Viyath maga" .  some new Ministries had been created  for the first time in history  like Ministry of Jewelery and related industries, State Ministry of Batik ,State Ministey of Coconut, Kitul and palmyrah and  State Ministry of Clay industries and furniture .

For further details of the  New Cabinet members visit the given link.below .

https://news.lk/news/political-current-affairs/item/30550-new-cabinet-sworn-in 

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