Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday sacked four junior ministers from his government in what is being seen as a purge of the Rajapaksa backers in the run-up to the September 21 presidential elections.
A statement from the president's office said that the decision was made under the authority granted to him by Article 47 (3) of the Constitution.
The sacked ministers are State Minister of Ports and Aviation Services Premalal Jayasekara, State Minister of Power and Energy Indika Anuruddha, State Minister of Agriculture Mohan Priyadarshana de Silva, and State Minister of Highways Siripala Gamlath.
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