Five more MPs tipped to be dep. ministers

Five more Sri Lanka Freedom Party MPs are to take their oaths as deputy ministers of the government today, informed sources said.

MPs Thilanga Sumathipala, Dulip Wijesekera, Wijaya Dahanayaka, Erik Weerawardane, and Victor Anthony are reportedly to take their oaths at a function at the Presidential Secretariat.

Five SLFP MPs also took their oaths last week -- one as a cabinet minister, three as state ministers and another one as a deputy minister. (Ajantha Kumara Agalakada)