By: Isuru Parakrama
November 17, Colombo (LNW): The Cabinet Ministers of Sri Lanka’s newly formed government will officially take their oaths tomorrow (18) at 10:00 a.m. before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, a statement by the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
This marks the next significant step following the National People’s Power (NPP)’s resounding victory in the 2024 General Election.
Tilvin Silva, a senior spokesman for the NPP, previously revealed that the Cabinet would be limited to 25 members or fewer, with ministries and responsibilities assigned based on a “scientific and rational” methodology.
This streamlined approach is aimed at enhancing efficiency and ensuring accountability in governance.
The inaugural session of Sri Lanka’s Tenth Parliament, comprising members elected on 14 November, is set to convene on November 21, as outlined in an Extraordinary Gazette issued earlier this year.
The session will formalise the new parliamentary composition and set the stage for legislative proceedings under the new administration.
The NPP achieved a landslide victory in the election, securing a two-thirds majority with an unprecedented 159 parliamentary seats. This triumph granted the party a strong mandate to implement its policies and pursue significant reforms across various sectors.
The NPP’s MP pool’s representation of society is significant, providing space at the lawmaking body for people of diverse communities, most notably those deemed marginalised.
The NPP’s victory in the 2024 Polls sets another bombshell in the Sri Lankan political landscape with its winning of the Northern province, an event occurred for the very first time in Sri Lanka under the current Westminster system where a party rooted in leftist and socialist ideologies gained the trust of the Tamil community of the island nation.
