Sri Lanka clan corners the top jobs

From: The Independent - London | Date: November 12, 1994| Author: From TIM MCGIRK in Colombo | Copyright information

Sri Lanka's newly elected President, Chandrika Kumaratunga, is expected to select her 78-year-old mother as prime minister when she steps into higher office.

Several advisers close to Mrs Kumaratunga, the outgoing prime minister, who won the presidential elections on Wednesday with 62 per cent

of the vote, are circulating a petition among cabinet ministers to push for the mother- daughter team.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike has served as prime minister twice. She became the world'...

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