Dissanayake has requested the position from cultural affairs minister Wijedasa Rajapakshe.
Once very close to Mahinda Rajapaksa, Dissanayake changed allegiences and held a media briefing on 09 December 2014 in support of Maithripala Sirisena.
He was briefly chairman of the Rupavahini Corporation under the present government.
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