(UTV|COLOMBO) – UPDATE: The Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe Sunday (16) sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka for the fifth occasion, becoming the only Politician to have held the Premiership as many times in Sri Lanka.
Wickremesinghe took oath before President Maithripala Sirisena at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, a short while ago.
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(UTV|COLOMBO) – UPDATE: The Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe has arrived at the Presidential Secretariat to take oaths as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before President Maithripala Sirisena.
The media has been barred from covering the swearing-in ceremony, it is learnt.
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(UTV|COLOMBO) – UPDATE: The Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to take oath as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister at auspicious time of 11.16 AM before President Maithripala Sirisena, the UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam stated.
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(UTV|COLOMBO) – The Leader of the United National Party (UNP), Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to take oath as Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister on Sunday (16) following the resignation of the disputed Premier Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday (15), signalling an end to the nearly two-month power tussle in the country.
The oath taking ceremony will take place at 10.00 this morning at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
President Maithripala Sirisena has reportedly agreed to reinstate ousted Prime Minister Wickremesinghe in the post after a discussion with him over the phone on Friday (14).
The President removed Wickremesinghe from the post of Prime Minister on 26 October and appointed former President Rajapaksa as the Premier, plunging the country into an unprecedented crisis.
However, Wickremesinghe refused to accept the sacking and challenged it in a Court and in Parliament.
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