Senior government minister to be appointed as Prime Minister of care taker government
2009-12-03 | 4.30 AM
A senior UNP parliamentarian told Lanka News Web that the Opposition Leader was looking at the possibility of appointing a senior SLFP minister in the UPFA government to the post of Prime Minister in the care taker government to be set up by General Sarath Fonseka once elected to office.
The Oppositon Leader, who has so far decided to accept the Premiership in the care taker government, is scheduled to make a special statement about the matter at the UNP convention on the 5th.
The parties supporting the General have decided to limit the number of ministers in the care taker government to 25 and to appoint five senior ministers in the present administration to cabinet portfolios such a government. Ministers A.H.M. Fowzie, Maithripala Sirisena, Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and Pavithra Wanniarachchi are already at loggerheads with Basil Rajapaksa.
