According to foreign media reports, the office of the president of Sri Lanka said that viklamasingha was sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka on the 21st local time. According to official sources, the new leaders are expected to form a cabinet of no more than 30 ministers to lead the country out of the worst economic crisis. Sri Lanka's parliament voted by secret ballot on the 20th to elect a new president. Of the 225 members of Parliament, 134 voted for Vikram masinha, 73. Agence France Presse reported that the brief inauguration ceremony should have been broadcast live on local television, but it was inexplicably interrupted just before the swearing in began. Officials said an investigation had been launched into the accident. (Xinhua News Agency)