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With simply 3 ministers, Sri Lanka govt holds tiniest Cabinet conference ever

ByRomeo Minalane

Oct 1, 2024
With simply 3 ministers, Sri Lanka govt holds tiniest Cabinet conference ever

The brand-new Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath, stated that he, in addition to the newly-appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the prime minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya, were the only participants at Monday’s conference
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Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Submit Photo/AP

Sri Lanka’s brand-new National People’s Power (NPP) federal government has actually held its very first Cabinet conference with simply 3 ministers in participation, according to authorities.

The brand-new Cabinet Spokesman Vijitha Herath, who holds numerous ministries, stated that he, together with the newly-appointed President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the prime minister Dr Harini Amarasuriya, were the only participants at Monday’s conference.

It was the tiniest Cabinet conference ever, he stated.

Recently, President Dissanayake designated his cabinet of 4, including himself, before liquifying the Parliament to call a breeze election on November 14. The last parliament was assembled in August 2020.

The constitution restricts the cabinet positions to 25 ministers. Herath stated while the exact same number would be kept after they win the next election, no ministers of state would be selected.

The parliamentary election to designate 225 members of the Parliament House comes carefully on the heels of the September 21 governmental election.

This is at a time when the island country has actually revealed indications of a sluggish healing from the 2022 recession, where it stated its very first sovereign default.

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