Political Crisis In Sri Lanka Deepens As New PM Loses Confidence Vote

• Radhakrishna N S
• 14 November, 2018

By: Radhakrishna N S

Sri Lanka’s parliament passed a no-confidence motion against newly appointed prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday (14), presenting a standoff with the opposition and throwing the country deeper into turmoil. Deputies from Rajapaksa’s party rejected the voice vote as illegal, saying it wasn’t scheduled and that the pro-China former strongman would remain in office. It wasn’t immediately clear what president Maithripala Sirisena, who triggered the crisis by firing prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and naming Rajapaksa to the job last month, would do now. Government officials said there was confusion about who was in charge. “We need cabinet approvals to go…

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