The scheduled time of swearing in of new Ministers postponed from 11 a.m to 12 noon
The swearing in ceremony of the new Ministers were to be held at 11 a.m at the presidential secretariat.Owing to certain flare ups by the Members of the Sri lanka Freedom Party it had been postponed up to 12 noon.
The reason had been the swearing in of the Minsters of SLFP had not been finalised and not had come to a conclusion.
It is reported that those Members who to be sworn in selected from the national list had wanted to meet the President to discuss matters in the morning. After which they had been selected after much deliberation.