State Minister Sudarshini Fernandopulle should be appointed as the cabinet Minister of Health in the impending cabinet reshuffle, if the current COVID pandemic is to be controlled effectively, an SJB MP said today.
SJB MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha told a press conference that Dr. Fernandopulle should be appointed as the Minister of Health as she has the ability and sufficient knowledge to handle the pandemic situation. “She should be given a free hand to fight the pandemic while the medical experts should be given the task of controlling the COVID task force. We don’t see any meaning in a cabinet reshuffle if such effective changes are not made,” Mr. Jayamaha said.
“We have heard that Minister of Agriculture Mahindananda Aluthgamage said that he will hand over his ministry to rice mill owners if it is not possible to bring down prices of rice. However what we have to say is that hand over the trade and the trade ministry to us for a period of six months and we will resolve the issues pertaining to essential goods such as rice, milk powder and gas,” he added. (Daily Mirror)