SLFP Ministers decide to boycott cabinet meeting this week

09 Apr, 2018

Sri Lanka Freedom Party Ministers (SLFP) Ministers have decided to boycott the cabinet meeting this week.

The SLFP is to hold its Central Committee meeting on Wednesday to discuss the next step.

The cabinet meeting this week would be the first since some SLFP Ministers backed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Some United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarians have called on the SLFP Ministers to be removed from the Government.

SLFP Ministers Dayasiri Jayasekera, S.B Dissanayake and Anura Priyadharshana Yapa were among those who voted for the?no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Meanwhile, a cabinet reshuffle is expected to take place this week. (Colombo Gazette)

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