Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is preparing for a tense “economic war cabinet.”

Following last week’s deadly violence, Sri Lanka is expected to establish a new cabinet on Monday as bitter political enemies join forces to address a mounting economic crisis, according to party leaders.

Meanwhile, protesters remained camped outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s mansion, demanding that he resign, as troops patrolled the streets and ordinary Sri Lankans queued for scant supplies.

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was re-elected as Prime Minister for the sixth time on Thursday, has struggled to build a “unity government” as the main opposition demanded that Rajapaksa follow his brother Mahinda, who resigned as Prime Minister last week.

Two senior members of the biggest opposition party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), have agreed to break ranks and join an alliance.

Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the opposition, stated his party will not block any reasonable “solutions to the economic difficulties” in parliament.

The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) has announced that it will offer conditional support to Wickremesinghe, reversing an earlier decision not to.

In a letter to the premier, SLFP leader Maithripala Sirisena said, “We will support any correct actions implemented by the incoming government to handle our dire economic problem.”

Official sources said the complete cabinet would be sworn in ahead of Tuesday’s parliamentary session, which will be the first since Wickremesinghe’s appointment at the age of 73.

On Saturday, four ministers from Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) party were sworn in.

However, there is now no finance minister, and it is commonly assumed that one will be appointed soon.