Accordingly, John Amaratunga’s public order ministry, under which the police department comes, is to be given to another minister, most probably to someone not of the UNP.

The president is to take this decision to revive public confidence in the government which has suffered a setback due to lackadaisical and inefficient approach of certain cabinet members in fulfilling the promise to enforce the law against corrupt.

politicians in the previous Rajapaksa regime.