SL President Ready To Form All-party Govt

Colombo, April 27: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed all party leaders including independent MPs that he was ready to form an all-party government, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

In a letter, the President said that he agrees in principle to form an “all-party government” representing all the parties in Parliament as a “solution to the crisis facing the country” at this time, the Daily Mirror reported.

Accordingly, the President said that the Cabinet including Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will have to discuss and decide on the structure of the proposed all-party government, the report said.

The President requested all party leaders in the government to discuss an all-party government. The meeting is scheduled to be held on April 29.