A cabinet reshuffle will take place on Wednesday (21) according to information received from the Presidential Secretariat.
The President has decided to appoint a new cabinet after resolving the current political issues sources said.
It is reported that if there is a continuation of the national government, a change in the number of non-cabinet and non-cabinet ministers see no change and will only bring about a change in the ministerial portfolios.
However, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution states that when there is no national government, the number of cabinet ministers should be 45 cabinet ministers in 30 cabinet ministers.
Ministers who did not obey President to be axed!
The President has decided to make drastic changes during the cabinet reshuffle and accordingly it will be changed in the fields of Law and Order, Highways, Foreign, Investment Promotion, Agriculture, Urban Development and Mass Media.
The President has summoned the President of the UNP Malik Samarawickrama today for a lengthy discussion in this regard.
However, the internal sources of SLFP say that SLFP ministers who did not support the move to expel Ranil Wickremesinghe from the post of Prime Minister may be axed during this Cabinet reshuffle.
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