Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to expand his Cabinet to accommodate all opposition parties in the government, according to a senior minister.
Wickremesinghe on Friday appointed an 18-member Cabinet that included Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena.
parties in Parliament, Tourism Minister Harin Fernando said, echoing Wickremesinghe's thoughts to local media after taking the oath on Friday.
However, he did not give any timeframe.
The government sources said the new stopgap President would be taking action to accommodate all opposition parties in government.
Sri Lankan MPs on Thursday elected Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, with the majority of the vote coming from lawmakers representing ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party.
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