New Cabinet of 40 on Friday?
April 22, 2010 01:56 am
President Mahinda Rajapaksa is to name his new Cabinet of Ministers on Friday (April 23) according to government sources.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) General Secretary and former Agriculture Minister Maithripala Sirisena has reportedly said that the new Cabinet will be sworn in on Friday.
When the new Parliament meets for the first time on Thursday a new Speaker is to be elected following which the new members will take their oaths before him.
The Deputy Speaker and the Chairman of Committees are to be elected following the swearing in of the new members.