Dinesh Gunawardena to be named Sri Lanka’s subsequent PM: Report

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is slated to nominate his new cabinet on Friday, a day after he was sworn into Sri Lanka’s highest workplace.

Dinesh Gunawardena, Leader of the House of Parliament arrives at a Buddhist temple as he waits for Ranil Wickremesinghe who has been elected because the Eighth Executive President underneath the Constitution, amid the nation’s financial disaster, in Colombo. (Reuters Photo)

Sri Lanka’s new president will appoint senior lawmaker Dinesh Gunawardena because the crisis-hit nation’s subsequent prime minister, 4 political sources stated on Thursday.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is slated to nominate his new cabinet on Friday, a day after he was sworn into Sri Lanka’s highest workplace following mass protests that pressured predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the nation and resign.

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