Making sense of the 48 portfolios in the new Cabinet
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
The increase of ministerial portfolios from 30 to 48 in the context of a National Government has caused consternation all around.
During the Rajapaksa presidency we had to watch with resignation the endless parade of ministers, including a minister for botanical gardens, being sworn in. Civil society seems to have forgotten how close the country was to a continuation of the Rajapaksa presidency to several decades or more.
Ranil Wickremesinghe no doubt would have liked to have a lean and mean Cabinet but the voters of this country have forced his hands otherwise
Wednesday, 9 September 2015The increase of ministerial portfolios from 30 to 48 in the context of a National Government has caused consternation all around.During the Rajapaksa presidency we had to watch with resignation the endless parade of ministers, including a minister for botanical gardens, being sworn in. Civil society seems to have forgotten how close the country was to a continuation of the Rajapaksa presidency to several decades or more.
