Ananda Wijepala sworn in as Minister of Public Security

Ananda Wijepala, National Organizer of the NPP's National Intellectual Organization and private secretary to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been appointed Cabinet Minister of Public Security and Parliamentary Affairs.

A long-time aide to the JVP leader, Wijepala also served as secretary for the Anti-Corruption Secretariat during the 2015 Yahapalanaya Government.