Several Cabinet Ministers and 45 State and Deputy Ministers will be sworn in this afternoon, at the Presidential Secretariat.

The swearing-in ceremony is expected to begin at 1.45pm.

According to the motion passed in the Parliament on September 3, the new national government can have 48 Cabinet Ministers and 45 State and Deputy Ministers. Forty three Cabinet Ministers have already been sworn-in.

The SLFP is expected to receive four of the remaining Cabinet portfolios. The party is also expected to receive 18 State and Deputy Ministerial portfolios.