Video: Cabinet swearing-in further delayed?

27 August 2015 11:07 am

SLFP acting General Secretary Duminda Dissanayake today said the swearing-in of the Cabinet would not likely to happen on September 2, as scheduled earlier.

Addressing a news conference, he said a National Government should be formed through parliament and not through political parties.
He said the SLFP’s 64th convention would be held on September 2 in Polonnaruwa and said they had invited all party officials including President Maithripala Sirisena who is the party Chairman, to attend the event.

Meanwhile, former Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe told the media that Sri Lanka was today successfully winning over the international communities and commended the attempts taken by the new government in its foreign policy.

He said the country had lost an opportunity in 2009 to launch a credible domestic probe into alleged war crimes and added the assistance extended by the international community for a domestic probe should not be missed. (SD)