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Nandana given a ministry with fewer powers |
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2009-07-03 | 8.30 PM |
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A senior government Minister told Lanka News Web that although National Freedom Front (NFF) Secretary, Nandana Gunathileka was appointed a cabinet minister, he has not been vested with the powers held by his predecessor.
The Minister said that according to the gazette notification on Gunathileka’s appointment as a cabinet minister, most of the powers earlier vested with Minister Milinda Moragoda have now been shelved.
The Minister explained that the most powerful sector in the Tourism Ministry, which is Tourism Promotion, has been handed over to Faizer Mustapha, who was also sworn in yesterday. |
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The subject of Tourism Promotion is allocated 60% of the budgetary allocations made to the Tourism Ministry and all foreign promotions fall under the category. According to the senior Minister, Gunathileka would therefore be in-charge only of the Sri Lanka Tourist Board, which has now lost most of its powers to the Tourism Authority. |
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