The deposed ministers had actually revealed their assistance for Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Namal Rajapaksa – the beneficiary to the effective Rajapaksa dynasty – who is contending to end up being the president
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Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe searches throughout an interview at Presidential Secretariat, amidst the nation’s recession, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 18, 2022. Submit Image/Reuters
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday sacked 4 junior ministers from his federal government in what is being viewed as a purge of the Rajapaksa backers in the run-up to the September 21 governmental elections.
A declaration from the president’s workplace stated that the choice was made under the authority approved to him by Article 47 (3) of the Constitution.
The sacked ministers are State Minister of Ports and Aviation Services Premalal Jayasekara, State Minister of Power and Energy Indika Anuruddha, State Minister of Agriculture Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva, and State Minister of Highways Siripala Gamlath.
The deposed ministers had actually revealed their assistance for Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s (SLPP) Presidential Candidate Namal Rajapaksa -the successor to the effective Rajapaksa dynasty – who is contending to end up being the president.
The Rajapaksas withdrew assistance for Wickremesinghe, 75, who is completing as an independent prospect in spite of being the leader of the grand old celebration, the United National Party.
The choice to sack the ministers came as a grand union– People’s United Freedom Alliance– was formed under the chairmanship of Prime M