Asian Mirror can now reveal the structure of the new government – which has been designed by the leaders of the common opposition following their “victory” at the presidential polls in January, 2015.

A new voting system will be introduced as one of the key priorities of the post-January 08 government – alongside the abolition of the Executive Presidency. Both tasks will be completed by the new administration within 100 days after coming to power.

The new electoral system, according to the MOU which was signed between the parties of the common opposition, will provide for the just representation of all communities and political opinions and will be a mix of the first-past-the-post system, which ensures that every electorate has its own Member of Parliament, and proportional representation.

After its adoption, the current parliament will be dissolved and elections held under the new proposed system.

Then, a new government will be formed with the representatives of all the parties who will be represented in the new parliament. “The new government will be formed as a multi-party government – an entirely new concept to Sri Lanka,” highly placed sources of the opposition told Asian Mirror after the signing of the MOU.

“For instance, if the UNP has 45 percent representation in the Parliament, they will get 45 percent of the cabinet posts,” a spokesperson of the common opposition added. Therefore, the party that has the largest representation oin the Parliament will have the largest share in the Cabinet.

However, no mention has been made so far on the size of the new Cabinet.

In addition, the MOU states that the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution will be repealed and  the independence of institutions essential for democratic governance, such as the judiciary, police, public service, election authorities, Attorney-General, Auditor-General and independent Commissions re-established and further strengthened.

Commenting on the proposed structure of the government, a political analyst who spoke under the condition of anonymity stated that Chandrika Kumaratunga – Maithripala Sirisena faction should take control of the SLFP soon after the election as a prerequisite for this multi-party government. “For that, the CBK-Maithripala faction should have the majority of the party’s top level decision making bodies,” he also added. It is still not clear as to how the SLFP defectors are planning take control of the key decision making bodies of the party to leave the ‘Rajapaksa factor’ out of the entire equation.