Dinesh to be sworn in today

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The previous cabinet of ministers who functioned under Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in today after the Prime Minister takes oaths
Following the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President, his national list seat in Parliament has fallen vacant and discussions are now ongoing as to who will be appointed to fill the vacant seat

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Parliamentarian Dinesh Gunawardena will take oaths as the Prime Minister today morning along with the previous cabinet of ministers, a senior SLPP source told Daily Mirror last night.

Gunawardena will be sworn in as the Prime Minister before President Ranil Wickremesinghe following many discussions within the SLPP party yesterday.

Sources said that while time was short, the previous cabinet of ministers who functioned under Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in today after the Prime Minister takes oaths, in order to restart the stalled work but once Parliament convenes on July 27th, discussions on a national government will take place.

Once political parties agree to join a national government, the cabinet will be reshuffled and a new cabinet of ministers will take oaths, sources said.

"Right now there are a lot of papers that need to be submitted to cabinet and the ministries have just stopped functioning. So the previous government will take oaths today and restart their work," senior sources said.

Following the appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the President, his national list seat in Parliament has fallen vacant and discussions are now ongoing within the UNP camp as to who will be appointed to fill the vacant seat.

The names shortlisted as of yesterday was Ruwan Wijewardena, Sagala Ratnayaka, Akila Viraj Kariyawasam or Vajira Abeywardena. (JAMILA HUSAIN)

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Comments - 11

BuffaloaCitizen Friday, 22 July 2022 09:08 AM

Rajapakse racists back in power. Is this the change this country wanted. Only way to get rid of these fellows is when they are dead.

ANTON Friday, 22 July 2022 09:09 AM

AND ......... ULTIMATELY HE ACCEPTED THE GREAT BANK ROBBERY IS NOT A CRIME BUT JUST A SYSTEM CHANGE.

Go Royal Friday, 22 July 2022 09:12 AM

Royal College can give their OBA for the homeless officeless duo to operate.

Citizen P Friday, 22 July 2022 09:35 AM

This is the guy who criticized Ranil couple of years ago.... how can we trust this kind of people..?

chams Friday, 22 July 2022 10:14 AM

HYPOCRETE, to say the least!

modaborarugoda Friday, 22 July 2022 10:16 AM

People of this country need to wakeup reject this elite class in toto at the next general election. What happened to Dinesh Gunawardene's plan to put Ranil behind bars for the Central Bank robbery. People should agitate peacefully for a General Election.

Dead Wood. Friday, 22 July 2022 10:32 AM

GOD help Sri Lanka. They all bitch about each other and then all support each other. This country operates on hypocrisy. Another useless old f....t

F.M. Silva (Businessman from Maharagama) Friday, 22 July 2022 10:49 AM

Brave personality who gave hard slaps to Hitler Ranil so many times in the parliament and made him to close his mouth.

M.C.M. Jayaweera [Old boy and a batchman of Dinesh at Royal] Friday, 22 July 2022 10:51 AM

He really deserves this position but he must hereafter decently behave without uttering filth keeping up his college reputation. All the best.

Ranjith Thalayasingham (Royalist) Friday, 22 July 2022 10:54 AM

Great indeed, do something good for our nation.

Mudalali Friday, 22 July 2022 11:07 AM

What a joke!

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