A weekend newspaper reports that Senior Presidential Advisor on Economic Affairs Duminda Hulangamuwa has refused to accept the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Finance.
Mahinda Siriwardena is scheduled to retire from service in June and is scheduled to take up a post at the Asian Development Bank after that.
Political sources say that Duminda Hulangamuwa, who has been proposed for the post of Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, has not agreed to accept the new post since he held a position in a private company.