Cabinet appointments: SF, Swaminathan, R. S’weera left out

 PAHAN WIJESEKARA-DEC 20 2018

In the appointment of the UNF Cabinet of Ministers, today (20), three former ministers had been overlooked.

Parliamentarians  Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, D.M. Swaminathan and Ravindra Samaraweera had not been assigned ministries.

Although the trio had been ignored for Cabinet posts, four other UNF MPs, Thilak Marapana PC, Malik Samarawickrema, Rishad Bathiudeen and Mano Ganesan, who had claimed they will not take Cabinet posts during the UNF Parliamentary group meeting, early this week, were reinstated in their former posts.

Another UNP MP who was recently noted for going back and forth from the UNP to the UPFA, Parliamentarian Wasantha Senanayaka was also not given a Cabinet posting at yesterday’s swearing in of the new Cabinet.

Furthermore, three SLFP and UPFA Parliamentarians, who crossed over at the last session of Parliament, namely Vijith Vijithamuni Zoysa, Indika Bandaranayaka and Lakshman Seneviratna were also similarly overlooked for Cabinet posts.