Fonseka as the Minister of provincial land development
Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka who was appointed as a Member of Parliament from the national list when Minister MKDS Gunawardena passed away. and his vacancy from the national list existed.It is reported
that he is to be appointed as the Minister of land development for the Central ,Uva and North Central provinces.In this regard Field Marshal would be sworn in on Thursday or on Saturday.This ministry is similar to the ministry of mahaweli development that was commenced under the JR Jayewardena government.
A strong minister of the government had quipped that the President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe have had long discussions in regard to this ministerial post to be given to Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka.