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Ali Sabry still the Minister of Finance
08 Apr, 2022
Former Justice Minister Ali Sabry is still the Minister of Finance as his resignation letter has not been accepted by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Government said today.
Meanwhile, the Minister also informed Parliament today that he is still the Finance Minister.
He said that he had resigned from the post to give way for someone more suitable to accept the post.
However, the Minister said that since no one came forward to accept the post he had decided to continue as the Finance Minister.
Ali Sabry had resigned a day after he was appointed to the new post.
An interim Cabinet was appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to manage the affairs of key Ministries.
The President had appointed Professor G.L. Peiris as the Foreign Minister, Ali Sabry as the Finance Minister, Johnston Fernando as the Minister of Highways and Dinesh Gunawardena as the Minister of Education.
The entire Cabinet had earlier decided to resign from their portfolios following mass protests in the country.
The protests were staged accusing the Government of failing to prevent the economic crisis in Sri Lanka. (Colombo Gazette)
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