Saturday, January 30, 2016

Fonseka to get powerful ministry after taking oaths as MP!

From LankNewsWeb

Democratic Party leader, Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, who is due to take oaths on the coming 09th to fill the parliamentary seat that fell vacant following the death of lands minister M.K.A.D.S. Gunawardena, is to be given a powerful ministry, say UNF sources. The related MoU is to be signed between the UNP and the DP on Tuesday the 02nd at Sirikotha.

Although there is some opposition within the UNP to Fonseka being given the position, party chairman Malik Samarawickrama and leader Ranil Wickremesinghe have appeased those protests and agreed to grant the seat to Fonseka. UNP sources say justice minister Wijedasa Rajapakse has objected to the PM in this regard.

Samarawickrama believes the enmity between Fonseka and Rajapakse could be ended after the former joins the government.

In the UNP-DP MoU, a request is to be made to grant the law and order ministry to Fonseka, say UNF sources.

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