{"id":189676,"date":"2018-04-09T19:41:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T14:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=189676"},"modified":"2018-04-10T03:21:58","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T21:51:58","slug":"bloated-cabinet-on-the-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/bloated-cabinet-on-the-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloated Cabinet On The Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The much-awaited and many times promised cabinet reshuffle is set to inflate the already bloated cabinet of ministers, Colombo Telegraph reliably learns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186345\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Maithripala-Sirisena.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186345\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-186345\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Maithripala-Sirisena-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Maithripala-Sirisena-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Maithripala-Sirisena-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Maithripala-Sirisena-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-186345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sirisena<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Presidential Secretariat has drawn up a list of 48 cabinet ministries as well as those warranting deputy and state ministers. 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