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CWC undecided on joining Government?

22 May 2022

 
  • Want to see economic revival plan before joining Govt.: Senthil 
  • Jeevan tipped to be appointed to Cabinet upon return from India  
  The Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) maintains that the party will extend its support to the incumbent Government and assist in providing economic relief to the people, but is yet to make a final call on joining the Government, according to CWC Leader Senthil Thondaman.  Thondaman noted that the party’s decision to join the Government would be based on its economic revival plan, which was yet to be seen by the CWC.  “We have clearly stated that the CWC will join a government that will provide the best economic revival plan for the country. However, the current Government has not yet presented such an economic revival plan,” he said. However, it is also learnt that the CWC’s General Secretary Jeevan Thondaman is to be sworn in as a Cabinet minister this week along with the remaining Cabinet members. A total of 13 Cabinet ministers have so far been appointed in two stages. A senior Government source told The Sunday Morning yesterday (21) that Jeevan Thondaman had already confirmed that he would assume a Cabinet portfolio after he returned from a visit to India.  The two CWC leaders, Senthil and Jeevan, visited India last week where they met with Indian officials including India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and made representations on behalf of Sri Lanka, seeking further assistance to overcome the ongoing economic crisis in the island.  


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