INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Business tycoon Dhammika Perera has decided to accept the National List parliamentary seat of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna, left vacant
following the resignation of former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa.Accordingly, Dhammika Perera is expected to step down from the board
memberships of all his companies ahead of taking oaths as a Member of Parliament, Ada Derana learns.Meanwhile, he has officially submitted
told Ada Derana that Dhammika Perera is tipped to take up a ministerial portfolio related to the investment sector after entering the
parliament through the SLPP.Last night, a special gazette notification was published by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, creating two new
portfolios titled Minister of Technology and Investment Promotion and Minister of Women, Child Affairs - Social Empowerment.A total of 15
departments, statutory institutions and public corporations including the Department of Immigration and Emigration, Telecommunication
Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka (TRCSL), Department of Registration of Persons and Board of Investment have been listed under the
Ministry of Technology and Investment Promotion.
This article first appeared/also appeared in https://adaderana.lk
