New ministers of the Cabinet were appointed without regard to seniority and every minister should be working without seeking any additional privileges, said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, addressing the occasion of swearing in new Cabinet of Ministers today (18).
The President urged every minister to commit themselves to honest, efficient and clean administration.
The President also urged the new Cabinet to turn the public institutes under them into bodies without corruption and committed to public service.
No changes were made in the Premiership, Finance Ministry and the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
MIAP