evidence: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given consent to the SLFP to form an all-party interim government with a new Prime Minister and a new cabinet with a limited number of members with the objective of finding a quick solution to the current economic, political and social problems in the country, SLFP party leader and former President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday. [...] Constitution of an interim government is not a kind of strengthening of the President or jacking up of the government. The requests have been made by Mahanayakes of the three Nikayas, other religious prelates, trade unions, trade chambers, and many other social and public organisations. The SLFP has led the campaign to replace the incumbent government with an interim government as a temporary solution to the current national issues," Mr. Sirisena stressed. [...] Responding to another query from the Daily Mirror on the refusal by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the JVP to join the interim government, Mr. Sirisena said President Rajapaksa would write requesting all political parties to participate in the formation of the interim government. The SLFP will also talk to the SJB and the JVP to get their consent to the new political set up to take the country out of the mess.