WPC stakes still open

Despite all the speculation in the media about the make up of the Cabinet of the newly elected Western Provincial Council, other than the decision to appoint Prasanna Ranatunga as the Chief Minister and also give JHU frontliner Udaya Gammanpila, for his running an exemplary campaign devoid of any wrong doings, a ministerial portfolio, no one else has been so far earmarked for a Ministerial appointment, authoritative government sources said.
The new Chief Minister is now expected to take his oaths on Monday.
They, however, assured that since the Chief Minister is from Gampaha no other person from the district will be entitled to a portfolio.

All indications are one more portfolio will go to another winning candidate from the Colombo District and the remaining one will go to the Kalutara District.
It is also learnt that all winning candidates who managed to get more than 100,000 preference votes will also be fielded by the party at the next general election.