Rajapakse memecat mantan Menteri Luar Negeri Mangala Samaraweera, yang kini menjadi Menteri Urusan Pelabuhan, Menteri Warisan Nasional Anura Bandaranike dan Menteri Negara Sripathi Sooriarachchi.
President Mahinda Rajapakse dismissed former foreign minster Mangala Samaraweera, who is now Ports Minister, National Heritage Minister Anura Bandaranaike and non-cabinet Ports Minister Sripathi Sooriarachchi.