Colombo, Aug 12 (UNI) Twenty-six new ministers were sworn in as Sri Lanka's new cabinet on Wednesday after the recent Parliamentary elections in the country with Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), led by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, winning a stunning two-thirds majority.
The ministers took oath in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a grand ceremony held in the central hills of Kandy. Along with the cabinet ministers, 39 state ministers were also sworn in.
Sri Lanka held its Parliamentary Election on August 5 under strict health guidelines amid a Corona pandemic which has infected over 2,800 people in the island nation to date.
The election was held to elect a new 225-member Parliament.
SLPP won a landslide victory by securing 145 seats, while the United People's Power, led by former Presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa polled in as runner-up by securing 54 seats.
Sri Lanka's new Parliament will convene on August 20.
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