Colombo (News 1st);  Former President Maithripala Sirisena did not receive a Ministerial Portfolio today (12) when the Cabinet Ministers and the State Ministers were sworn in at the Magul Maduwa at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic.

Former President Sirisena, who is the chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) contested the 2020 General Election from the Polonnaruwa District from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP)

He received 111 137 preferential votes from the District, topping the list.

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