Sri Lanka's president appoints 17 new Cabinet ministers, but dropped two of his brothers and a nephew from his cabinet amid a political crisis resulting from the country's dire economic state
Sri Lanka is facing prolonged power cuts and fuel and medicines shortages, triggered by a sharp fall in its forex reserves that has stalled imports of essentials and triggered massive protests. dropped two of his brothers and a nephew from his cabinet amid a Monday's reshuffle follow weeks of protests over fuel and food shortages and demands that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government resign.
The 21-member cabinet is seven people fewer than its predecessor, which resigned en masse two weeks ago in response to public outrage over nepotism and corruption. The Cabinet resigned on April 3 after protests erupted across the country and demonstrators stormed and vandalised the homes of some Cabinet ministers.
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