{"id":16554,"date":"2022-05-16T11:53:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=16554"},"modified":"2022-05-16T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T06:53:11","slug":"crisis-hit-sri-lanka-is-preparing-for-a-tense-economic-war-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/16\/crisis-hit-sri-lanka-is-preparing-for-a-tense-economic-war-cabinet\/","title":{"rendered":"Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is preparing for a tense &#8220;economic war cabinet.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following last week&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, protesters remained camped outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa&#8217;s mansion, demanding that he resign, as troops patrolled the streets and ordinary Sri Lankans queued for scant supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was re-elected as Prime Minister for the sixth time on Thursday, has struggled to build a &#8220;unity government&#8221; as the main opposition demanded that Rajapaksa follow his brother Mahinda, who resigned as Prime Minister last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two senior members of the biggest opposition party, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), have agreed to break ranks and join an alliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sajith Premadasa, the leader of the opposition, stated his party will not block any reasonable &#8220;solutions to the economic difficulties&#8221; in parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2022\/05\/10\/sri-lankans-protest-the-countrys-economic-disaster-on-the-streets\/\">Sri Lanka<\/a> Freedom Party (SLFP) has announced that it will offer conditional support to Wickremesinghe, reversing an earlier decision not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a letter to the premier, SLFP leader Maithripala Sirisena said, &#8220;We will support any correct actions implemented by the incoming government to handle our dire economic problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Official sources said the complete cabinet would be sworn in ahead of Tuesday&#8217;s parliamentary session, which will be the first since Wickremesinghe&#8217;s appointment at the age of 73.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday, four ministers from Rajapaksa&#8217;s Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) party were sworn in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, there is now no finance minister, and it is commonly assumed that one will be appointed soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week&#8217;s deadly violence, Sri Lanka is expected to establish a new cabinet on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":16557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[958],"class_list":["post-16554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories","tag-economic-war-cabinet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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