I have an idea! Why don’t we the people vote and form our own shadow cabinet? We all agree that the current system and the people it regurgitates in Parliament are totally useless. Why don’t scholarly political scientists and the like work on the list of ministries I have given below, current ministries in New Zealand, adapt it to a “dream cabinet” Sri Lanka, call for applications from the general public, ask nominees if they would like to express their opinion on issues relating to their subjects when problems arise in the country and see if their solutions are better than what the government is doing in Sri Lanka. power?

Of course, there will be qualification criteria for the nominations. We will have a minimum age and a maximum age, there will be minimum educational qualifications, and things like if they have ever done this job or been involved in politics, they can be disqualified. A criminal record is an automatic disqualifier.

CABINET OF MINISTERS

Other responsibilities portfolios

(1) Prime Minister

Minister of National Security and Intelligence

(2) Deputy Prime Minister

Ministry of Finance

Minister of Infrastructure Minister of Racing

Minister of Sports and Recreation

Minister of Child Poverty Reduction

Minister responsible for ministerial services

Associate Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage

(3) Minister of Maori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti

Minister of Children Minister of Corrections

Associate Minister of Education (Maori Education)

Associate Minister of Finance

(4) Minister of Housing

Minister of Energy and Resources

Minister of Research, Science and Innovation

(5) Minister of COVID-19 Response Minister of Education

Minister of Public Service

House leader

(6) Minister of Social Development and Employment

Minister of ACC

Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister responsible for disability issues

(7) Minister of Health

Minister responsible for GCSB

Minister responsible for NZSIS Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations

(8) Attorney General

Minister of the Environment Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Minister of Revenue

Minister responsible for the re-entry of Pike River

Prime Minister responsible for coordinating the government’s response to the report of the Royal Commission on the terrorist attack on Christchurch mosques

Associate Minister of Finance

Associate Minister of Maori Development

Minister of local government

(9) Minister of Foreign Affairs

(10) Minister of Agriculture

Minister of Biosafety

Minister of Land Information Minister of Rural Communities Minister of Trade and Export Growth

Associate Minister for Children

Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing)

(11) Minister of Economic and Regional Development

Minister of Forests Minister of Small Businesses Minister of Tourism

(12) Minister of Justice

Minister of Broadcasting and Media Minister of Immigration

(13) Minister of Defense

Associate Minister of Health (Māori Health)

Associate Minister of Housing (Maori Housing)

Associate Minister of Tourism

(14) Minister of Maori Development

(15) Minister for Women

Associate Minister of the CAC Associate Minister of Justice

Associate Minister of Education

Deputy House Leader

Associate Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage

Associate Minister of the Environment

Minister responsible for the Earthquake Commission

Associate Minister of Health

Associate Minister of Research, Science and Innovation

(16) Minister of the Interior

Minister of Labor Relations and Safety

(17) Minister of Transport

(18) Minister of Emergency Management

(19) Minister of Conservation

(20) Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs

Minister of Digital Economy and Communications

Minister of Public Enterprises Minister of Statistics

MINISTERS OUTSIDE THE CABINET

Portfolios Other responsibilities

(21) Minister of Courts Minister for the Peoples of the Pacific

Minister of Customs Minister of Veterans Affairs

(22) Minister of Disarmament and Arms Control

Minister of State for Trade and Export Growth

(23) Minister of the Community and Voluntary Sector

Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Ethnic Communities

Minister of Youth

Associate Minister of Education (Pacific Peoples)

Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs

Associate Minister of Health (Pacific Peoples)

Associate Minister of Justice

Associate Minister of Agriculture (Animal Protection)

Associate Minister of Statistics

Associate Minister of the Environment Associate Minister of Immigration

Associate Minister of Social Development and Employment

You will notice that there are a total of 20 ministers and three ministers outside the cabinet. Ministers hold several ministries in some cases and sometimes replace other ministers.

I guess the usual argument that New Zealand has only five million people and therefore can be ruled by a small cabinet will be put forward. Let me tell you that Australia has roughly the same population as the Pearl also only has 20 ministers.

Let’s stop whining and whining about those incompetent people in parliament and follow them with people in civil society who are willing to come forward and have answers to today’s burning questions. Email me with your ideas and see if we can go further.

I call on a newspaper or a civil interest lobby to take this idea further, to spread it among the Sinhala and Tamil speaking population, and to give the “big cats” of Diyawannawa a run for their money!