The proposal of whereas the United National party which obtained the highest number of seats in Parliament has formed a National Government, Parliament determines in terms of Article 46 (4) of the Constitution of the Sri Lanka that the number of ministers in the Cabinet of Ministers shall not exceed 48 and the number of Ministers who are not Cabinet Ministers and the number of Deputy Ministers shall not exceed 45 was submitted to Parliament by the Prime Minister.

143 votes were received in favor of the motion and 16 against while another 63 MPs were absent during the vote. JVP MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake was demanded a vote.

The Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya was stated that the motion was approved to increase the number of Cabinet Ministers to 48 and the number of non-cabinet Ministers to 45.