Manusha and Harin resign from ministerial portfolios

Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara have resigned from their portfolios with immediate effect.

Fernando and Nanayakkara were sworn in as the Minister of Tourism & Land and Minister of Labour & Foreign Employment, respectively, on May 29.

They had accepted the ministerial portfolios in the incumbent government without the support of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and their party membership was later suspended pending disciplinary action.

Announcing their resignation today, Fernando and Nanayakkara said they accepted ministerial portfolios in the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to do their utmost to find solutions to the ongoing economic crisis as a positive response was not received from many political party leaders for a collective effort.

Their announcement came after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed the Speaker of Parliament that he intends to resign on the 13th of July (Wednesday).