Cabinet reshuffle and policy statement among President Sirisena’s priorities

By Our Political Editor-Sunday, April 22, 2018

Sirisena holds cordial and fruitful talks with UNP trio, Cabinet changes before May 8 - Ranil orders UNP members not to criticise the 16 SLFP frontliners who voted against him; not all of them may sit in opposition benches - Trouble within ‘JO’ too, Wimal to challenge Bandula over offer to support JVP motion to abolish executive presidency

Queen Elizabeth addressing the opening session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London. Among those on the stage is President Maithripala Sirisena (left extreme )

A lesser known fact among most politically literate Sri Lankans was a directive Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe issued to all parliamentarians of his United National Front (UNF) ahead of the National New Year. On Monday April 9 he told them to refrain from criticising the 16 Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) MPs who had voted in favour of the no-confidence motion against him. That comprised six Ministers, the Deputy Speaker, four State Ministers and five Deputy Ministers.

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