{"id":36428,"date":"2014-12-21T18:45:59","date_gmt":"2014-12-21T23:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36428"},"modified":"2014-12-21T18:45:59","modified_gmt":"2014-12-21T23:45:59","slug":"maithripala-cabinet-will-have-18-ministers-ranil-pmchandrika-financefonseka-defencemangala-foreign-affairs-sajith-environment-etc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36428","title":{"rendered":"Maithripala Cabinet will have 18 Ministers-Ranil -PM, Chandrika-Finance, Fonseka-Defence, Mangala-Foreign Affairs, Sajith-Environment etc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Whilst the signs of grass root activities for the Common Alliance was hardly making a blip on the journalistic radar screens, the candidates\u2019 principal backers Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickremesinghe were busy playing politics.<\/p>\n<p> An inspired leak revealed that a Sirisena-led administration will have a mean and lean cabinet of ministers, numbering just 18.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTwelve members were already named according to leaked information:-<\/strong>They are &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maithripala Sirisena \u2013 President<\/p>\n<p>Ranil Wickremesinghe \u2013 Prime Minister<\/p>\n<p>Sarath Fonseka \u2013 Defence<\/p>\n<p>Chandrika Kumaratunga \u2013 Finance<\/p>\n<p>Athureliya Ratana Thero \u2013 Religious &#038; Buddhist Affairs<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Rajitha Senaratne \u2013 Internal Affairs<\/p>\n<p>Mangala Samaraweera \u2013 Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n<p>Ravi Karunanayake \u2013 Trade &#038; Commerce<\/p>\n<p>John Amaratunga \u2013 Fisheries<\/p>\n<p>Champika Ranawaka \u2013 Petroleum, Power &#038; Energy<\/p>\n<p>Sajith Premadasa \u2013 Environment<\/p>\n<p>Duminda Dissanayaka \u2013 Education<\/p>\n<p>According to opposition sources a further six names will be announced after monitoring the current situation. The announcement they said was likely to be made in Polonnaruwa on the 27th of December. This was deemed as holding out the carrot to members of the government who are contemplating a crossover. This action is likely to cause an uproar amongst those even thinking of making a political move.<\/p>\n<p><em>Courtesy:The Sunday Leader<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton36428\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D36428&amp;text=Maithripala%20Cabinet%20will%20have%2018%20Ministers-Ranil%20-PM%2C%20Chandrika-Finance%2C%20Fonseka-Defence%2C%20Mangala-Foreign...%20&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst the signs of grass root activities for the Common Alliance was hardly making a blip on the journalistic radar screens, the candidates\u2019 principal backers Chandrika Kumaratunga and Ranil Wickremesinghe were busy playing politics. An inspired leak revealed that a Sirisena-led administration will have a mean and lean cabinet of ministers, numbering just 18. Twelve &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=36428\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;Maithripala Cabinet will have 18 Ministers-Ranil -PM, Chandrika-Finance, Fonseka-Defence, Mangala-Foreign Affairs, Sajith-Environment etc&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36428"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36430,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36428\/revisions\/36430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}