{"id":194904,"date":"2018-10-30T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T19:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=194904"},"modified":"2018-10-30T15:56:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:26:23","slug":"president-keeps-law-and-order-ministry-under-him-as-unp-plans-continuous-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/president-keeps-law-and-order-ministry-under-him-as-unp-plans-continuous-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"President Keeps Law And Order Ministry Under Him As UNP Plans Continuous Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the United National Party is planning to continue its fight against the prorogation of Parliament and the appointment of a new Prime Minister, President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Maithripala+Sirisena\">Maithripala Sirisena<\/a> has decided to keep the Ministry of Law and Order under him.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-194905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena--1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"899\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena--1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena--300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena--768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena--1200x673.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Mahinda-Rajapaksa-Maithripala-Sirisena-.jpg 1867w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taking part in a political discussion on a private TV channel, a short while ago, UPFA MP Wimal Weerawansa said the President had decided to keep the Law and Order Ministry, which overlooks the Police, under his purview.<\/p>\n<p>This comes in the wake of Sirisena&#8217;s accusations that the Police did not properly investigate into the alleged conspiracy to assassinate him in which, the President said, a UNP Cabinet minister was also involved.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, UNP Parliamentary group members Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe, Wasantha Senanayake, Suresh Vadivel took oaths in their new positions today while Ananda Aluthgamage, who was the first UNP MPs to offer support to Rajapaksa, also received a deputy minister&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>The new Cabinet members appointed today are as follows,<\/p>\n<p>Mahinda Rajapaksa: Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Nimal Siripala de Silva: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sarath Amunugama: Minister of Foreign Affairs<\/p>\n<p>Mahinda Samarasinghe: Minister of Ports and Shipping<\/p>\n<p>Mahinda Amaraweera: Minister of Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>Ranjith Siyambalapitiya: Minister of Power and Renewable Energy<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe: Minister of Education and Higher Education<\/p>\n<p>Wijith Wijayamuni Zoysa: Minister of Fisheries &amp; Aquatic Resources Development and Rural Economic Affairs<\/p>\n<p>Faiszer Musthapha: Minister of Provincial Councils, Local Government, and Sports<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Devananda: Minister of Resettlement, Rehabilitation, Northern Development, &amp; Hindu Religious Affairs<\/p>\n<p>Arumugam Thondaman: Minister of Hill Country New Villages, Infrastructure and Community Development.<\/p>\n<p>Vasantha Senanayake: Minister of Tourism and Wildlife<\/p>\n<p>Suresh Vadivel: State Minister of Plantation Industries<\/p>\n<p>Ananda Aluthgamage: Deputy Minister of Tourism and Wildlife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":194905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2186,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-featured-news","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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