The funeral of former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka is to be held on December 31 under full state patronage on the instructions of President Maithripala Sirisena, a release issued by the Presidential Secretariat stated yesterday.
President Sirisena on hearing the death of the former Prime Minister issued instructions to the officials to hold the funeral with full state patronage.
The former Prime Minister was a senior advisor to President Sirisena.
Meanwhile, the body of former Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka will be kept at the Parliament complex today from 10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. for parliamentarians to pay their respects, a statement issued by the Speaker’s Office stated yesterday. All parliamentarians are requested to be in Parliament by 10.30 a.m. to pay their respects, the release added.