D.M. Jayaratne to be sworn in as PM today?
April 21, 2010 11:32 am
Senior member of UPFA Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Jayaratne is
to be sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at 4p.m. today in front of the
President, political sources told Ada Derana.
Jayaratne, 79, is to replace former Prime Minister Ratnasiri
Wickremanayake. Jayaratne entered parliament in 1970 and has held several
senior ministerial positions.
Meanwhile Xinhua reports that Analysts said President
Mahinda Rajapaksa had recognized Jayaratne’s loyalty to Sri Lanka Freedom Party,
the dominant party in the ruling United People´s Freedom Alliance in opting for
him over several others including the president´s brother Basil Rajapaksa.
D.M. Jayarathne thus will be the 14th Prime Minister of The
Democratic Socialist Republic of.
