The Sri Lankan Freedom Party agreed on Thursday to form a national unity government with the United National Party, which received the greatest number of seats in parliament on Monday's general election, though fell short of obtaining a simple majority.
The decision follows a meeting this morning between the SLFP leader and Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, and the SLFP Central Committee.
The Committee has appointed a 6 member sub committee, which will be lead by the former president Chandrika Kumaratunga and includes Mahinda Samarasinghe, Nimal Siripala de Silva, S B Dissanayake, Dr Sarath Amunugama, and Susil Premajayantha, to negotiate the unity government with the UNP and produce a Memorandum of Understanding
The UNP has 106 seats, whilst the SLFP which led the UPFA coalition has 96 seats, and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has 16.
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The decision follows a meeting this morning between the SLFP leader and Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena, and the SLFP Central Committee.
The Committee has appointed a 6 member sub committee, which will be lead by the former president Chandrika Kumaratunga and includes Mahinda Samarasinghe, Nimal Siripala de Silva, S B Dissanayake, Dr Sarath Amunugama, and Susil Premajayantha, to negotiate the unity government with the UNP and produce a Memorandum of Understanding
The UNP has 106 seats, whilst the SLFP which led the UPFA coalition has 96 seats, and the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has 16.
See here and here.