- Friday, April 26, 2024
By: Radhakrishna N S
Sri Lanka’s largest political party on Saturday (17) asked Facebook to protect the identity of its supporters, fearing a crackdown by what it called the “illegal” government. The Indian Ocean nation has been in crisis since last month with two men claiming to be prime minister, MPs brawling in parliament and the administration paralysed. It began on October 26 when president Maithripala Sirisena sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe as premier and replaced him with former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse. In chaotic scenes in parliament this week, Rajapakse lost two votes of no confidence but he is refusing to go and Sirisena has yet…
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