The new president of Sri Lanka has chosen his prime minister for the second time in the government’s history.
Harini Amarasuriya, a former university lecturer who later became an MP, was appointed prime minister on Tuesday, under the leadership of Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who likewise entrusted her with justice, knowledge, and labor.
Both are part of the left-leaning National People’s Power empire, which has just three votes in Sri Lanka’s 225 chair parliament.
As rumors continued to grow about a possible parliamentary vote being called in the upcoming days, the party’s two additional MPs split the remaining time cabinet positions.
According to group associate Namal Karunaratne, who told reporters on Tuesday,” We will have the smallest government in the background of Sri Lanka,” adding that parliament had become disband “within the next 24 time.”
There is no point continuing to have a parliament that is in conflict with what the people want, according to Dissanayake, who had recently indicated that he would dissolve parliament shortly after being elected.
Dissanayake, who has drawn increasing aid in recent years for his anti-corruption and anti-poverty plans, won the country’s first vote since its market collapsed in 2022 at the weekends.
A politician who had only 3 % of the vote for president in 2019 experienced a remarkable return.
Before being elected as an MP the following month, Amarasuriya campaigned alongside him in 2019.
She began her activism as a common activist in 2011 by organizing demonstrations for free training.
The 54-year-old has since become known for her advocacy for children development, child safety and gender inequality, among various social justice issues.
She becomes the first scientific to become president with the 16th prime minister of Sri Lanka. She follows in the footsteps of only two other women, both of whom had relations to elections, Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga. Since 2000, there has n’t been a woman in the role.