A group of 13 Acting Ministers took oaths before Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayake. Acting Minister of Defence, Public Security and Law and Order at the Prime Minister’s Office on February 26. Community Development and Social Inequality Eradication Acting Minister P. Radhakrishnan, Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion Acting Minister Mano Wijeratne and Mass Media and Information acting Minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena were the three acting Ministers who were sworn in. Another 16 Deputy Ministers and non-cabinet Ministers are due to be sworn in as acting Ministers before the Premier.