Minister of Foreign Affairs, President’s Counsel (PC) M.U.M. Ali Sabry took oaths before the President yesterday (12) as the new Minister of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms, portfolios he has held previously.

However, on 7 August, a Gazette notification was issued bringing the Ministry of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms under the purview of President Ranil Wickremesinghe. 

This move came following the recent resignation of Dr. Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe PC from his Ministerial portfolios to contest the upcoming Presidential Election. On 25 July, Dr. Rajapakshe officially announced that he would contest the upcoming Presidential Election while he stepped down from his Ministerial position as the Minister of Justice, Prisons Affairs and Constitutional Reforms on 29 July.