Parliamentarians Tilak Marapana and DM Swaminathan have voluntarily expressed their willingness to opt out of obtaining a cabinet portfolio.
Meanwhile, MP Harsha de Silva on Tuesday said that MP Malik Samarawickrama had also agreed to not accepting a cabinet post.
In addition, MP Mano Ganesan had also taken to his Twitter handle and said that he along with MP Rishad Bathiudeen have also voluntarily decided to stay out of the cabinet.
The new cabinet is expected to be sworn in by 8:30 am at the Presidential Secretariat today (Dec 20)
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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