Public Anger Over Appointing Previous Cabinet Members To The New Cabinet

 A tense situation occurred among public today (04) after the President Gotabhaya Rajapakshe had Appointed four members of the previous Cabinet which resigned yesterday (03) amidst public anger over present government to the New Cabinet he had named today .

President Rajapakshe had appointed members of the previous Cabinet Dinesh Gunwardane ,Johnston Fernando ,Professor G.L Pieris  and Ali Sabri as Ministers of Education ,Highways ,Foreign Affairs and Finance respectively .

Although President Rajapaskhe had requested all parties to join the Cabinet in view of  solving  the present economic crisis faced by  the country ,Main Opposition Samgi Janabalawegaya Party as well as United National Party ,Tamil National Alliance and Janatha Wimukthi Peramuna had rejected the offer .

Meanwhile protesters who had protested against the government had stated today they want the whole government to step down and hold fresh elections under an Interim caretaker government .The family members of President Gotabahya Rajpakshe and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe had decided not to accept any Portfolio in new Cabinet as Public demands that  there should be no Rajapakshe family member in the Cabinet .