Srilanka

Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the Prime Minister today at 1.00 p.m. Spokesman for the Opposition Leader Rohan Weliwita speaking to media said that Rajapaksa will then assume duties as the new Prime Minister at the Prime MinisterOffice at 3.00 p.m. today. This follows the resignation announced last evening of UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.

The Presidential Election 2019 will go down in history as the election with the least number of violent incidents, conflicts and Police complaints mainly because of the new election culture introduced by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Parliamentarian Dullas Alahapperuma said.Addressing the media at the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) office yesterday, MP Alahapperuma said that nearly seven million people cast their votes in favour of SLPP Presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa never resorted to mudslinging at his opponents,& the MP said.

All the Provincial Governors have been informed to tender their resignation by the PresidentSecretariat today. As per the request several governors including Sabaragamuwa Governor Dhamma Dissnayake and Western Province Governor A. J.M. Muzammil vacated their posts today. &The Presidential Secretariat informed all Provincial Governors to resign from their respective posts& spokesman of PresidentSecretariat said.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksacharacter embodies the four-fold values namely, heroism, skill, eloquence and fortitude, Malwatte ChapterAnunayaka Most Ven. Niyangoda Vijithasiri Thera observed yesterday at the Maha Sangha Council meeting with President Rajapaksa. He said that national security has been assured and the peopleaspirations have become more meaningful with Rajapaksaelection to the presidency.