Ketiga menteri itu juga menentang langkah Rajapakse menempatkan 18 anggota parlemen oposisi di kursi pemerintahan akhir bulan lalu dan memberi 10 orang dari mereka posisi di kabinet.
The three men had also opposed Rajapakse's move to accommodate 18 opposition legislators within government ranks late last month and reward 10 of them with plum cabinet positions.