Mahinda Rajapaksa sworn in as Prime Minister
Posted by ONLANKA Newsroom on October 26, 2018 - 8:06 pm
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has sworn in as the Prime Minister before President Maithripala Sirisena a short while ago.
The unexpected announcement comes just minutes after the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) decided to withdraw from the unity government.
President Maithripala Sirisena’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the main constituent party of the UPFA, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) had formed a unity government in August 2015 following the general election.
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I am lost for words. What a carry on.
Fabulous.
Goodbye Onlanka Bloggers,
The dark era of media suppression and White Van persecution has been reinstated.
Hope MR does not invite My3 to his home to eat hoppers again
Perhaps before accusing about nepotism again, they will look at what is going on in the USA.
Once a CUT THROAT, always a CUT THROAT.
Unite to abolish the EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT post because that is where DICTATORS are born.