Another Jumbo Cabinet with National Govt.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, now MP for Kurunegala and President Maithripala Sirisena greet each other after Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister. On extreme right is Prime Minister Wickremesinghe
By Our Political Editor-Sunday, August 23, 2015
Sirisena continues tough stand; six new loyalists get National List seats, GL left out despite pleaWar of words between President and Rajapaksa over cause of UPFA defeat; CBK wants Tamils also included in National Govt.
A nation watched Friday as the victor and the vanquished at Monday’s parliamentary elections pledged to form a National Government just after a historic ceremony, televised live, where Ranil Wickremesinghe took his oaths as the 21st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
