Nine more cabinet ministers sworn in

Nine more parliamentarians were sworn in as cabinet ministers this morning, according to the Presidential Media Unit.

The newly appointed Ministers are as follows.

1. Nimal Siripala de Silva - Minister of Ports, Shipping and Aviation

2. Susil Premajayantha - Minister of Education

3. Keheliya Rambukwella - Minister of Health

Wijayadasa Rajapaksa - Minister of Justice, Prisons and Constitutional Reforms

5. Harin Fernando - Minister of Tourism and Lands

6. Ramesh Pathirana - Minister of Plantation Industries

7. Manusha Nanayakkara - Minister of Labor and Foreign Employment

8. Nalin Fernando - Minister of Trade, Commerce and Food Security

9. Tiran Alles - Minister of Public Security

Meanwhile, addressing Parliament yesterday, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe stated that a decision has been taken that the new ministers will not receive their ministry salaries once they are appointed.