Mps will monitor ministries: President Rajapaksa.

The President mentioned this when he met the newly elected UPFA members at Temple Trees yesterday. Informed sources said that the President was planning to assign a team of UPFA seniors to monitor the progress of each Ministry in the next government and report to him in this regard. Sources also claimed that the President has promised the MPs, who are not getting any ministerial or deputy ministerial portfolios that they would be appointed to supervise the ministry work.

The President is presently planning to appoint a cabinet of 38 Ministers. They will be sworn in on April 23. Sources said that there would not be any non-cabinet ministerial posts this time but a number of deputy minister posts similar to the number of cabinet ministers would be created.

Addressing the new UPFA MPs, the President requested them to directly speak to him if there is any problem that they may have. “Just talk to me directly without talking of such matters in small clicks. I will attend to them as soon as possible,” the sources said quoting the president.

He said that he has a separate telephone number for the MPS to talk to him about any problem and every Thursday will be assigned to meet those MPs who want to speak to him about their problems.

By Courtesy of www.dailymirror.lk
19th April, 2010.