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Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his government’s written policy document at the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament on 21 November. Parliament’s press office announced that Dissanayake will address the new Parliament on November 21 at 3 pm. This is the 10th Parliament since the presidential system was adopted in 1978.
Colombo. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his government’s written policy document at the inaugural session of the 10th Parliament on 21 November. Parliament’s press office announced that Dissanayake will address the new Parliament on November 21 at 3 pm. This is the 10th Parliament since the presidential system was adopted in 1978. Dissanayake’s ruling National People’s Power (NPP) won a landslide victory in Wednesday’s parliamentary election, winning 159 seats and crossing the two-thirds majority (150 seats).
Dissanayake had announced snap elections soon after his election as President in September. His party said the president would appoint a new prime minister and a 25-member Cabinet on Monday with appropriate allocation of ministries. The President’s statement will be given from the Speaker’s chair as per tradition. His statement will be given under the chairmanship of Parliament Secretary General Kushani Rohnadheera after taking oath of all the members and appointment of new Speaker, Deputy Speaker and other concerned officials. More than 150 new faces have been elected to the 225-member House and an induction session has been scheduled for them on 25, 26 and 27 November.
This was the first parliamentary election after Sri Lanka was plunged into economic crisis. An almost civil war-like situation and months of public protests led then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country. Since assuming office, Dissanayake has remained consistent with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program of his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe. The country is still in the process of recovering from its worst economic crisis in history, as the Dissanayake government faces the challenge of meeting IMF targets on revenues in the third review of the $2.9 billion programme.
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