COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena appointed members of a new unity government Friday, a day after parliament endorsed the move as part of efforts to address ethnic reconciliation after decades of war.
President Sirisena gave most portfolios in the 43-minister cabinet to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP), which won the August 17 general elections but fell short of an absolute majority.
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