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New Governors to be sworn in today

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New Governors of the North, East and North-Western Provinces will be sworn in in the presence of President Ranil Wickremesinghe at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo this morning (17).

According to political sources, former minister Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena has been proposed as the governor of the North-Western Province, former member of the Election Commission P.S.M. Charles as the governor of the Northern Province and former MP Senthil Thondaman as the Governor of the Eastern Province.

Meanwhile, it was learnt that former ministers Daya Gamage and Navin Dissanayake have also been proposed for the governorship positions.

The Presidential Secretariat yesterday announced that the governors of the North, East and North-Western Provinces were removed with effect from the 15th.

Jeevan Thyagaraja was the Northern Province Governor, Anuradha Yahampath was the Eastern Province Governor while Wasantha Karnagoda was the former Governor of the North-Western Province.

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