Three Cabinet Ministers of the national government were sworn in a short while ago.

Accordingly, Malik Samarawickrama was appointed as Minister of International Trade. Faizer Mustapha was appointed as the Minister of Local Government and Vijith Vijayamuni Soyza was appointed as the Minister of Irrigation and Water Management.

Samarawickrama is a UNP MP while the other two are SLFP MPs. All three are national list MPs.