- Wednesday, April 24, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Sri Lankan Parliament is set to take up a motion to express confidence in ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe next week. The parliament is set to meet on December 12. The political crisis in the island nation, which was triggered after president Maithripala Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and replaced him with Mahinda Rajapaksa, has only intensified following a war of words between Sirisena and Wickremesinghe. But the president on Wednesday (5) said the crisis would not go beyond a week. Earlier this week, in his strongest yet statement against the president, Wickremesinghe likened Sirisena to Hitler. “The president has to appoint…
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