Sirisena chairs his last cabinet meeting

11 Nov, 2019

President Maithripala Sirisena chaired his last cabinet meeting at the Presidential Secretariat today.

Cabinet members said that both the President and cabinet commended each other on the work done since 2015.

They said that despite differences of opinion it was agreed that considerable change was brought about in the country since 2015.

Meanwhile, Sports Minister Harin Fernando tweeted saying “President for the last time sat at the cabinet. We may have had lots of differences but as People who elected you in 2015 we thank you for standing by your word on serving only 1 term. Democracy was restored in many ways even against you in 2018.”

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