“Controversial prime minister reported to resign”
“Mahinda Rajapaksa will leave its disputed position as prime minister to preserve stability in Sri Lanka, said his son, mp Namal Rajapaksa. Mahinda Rajapaksa will deliver a speech to the nation on Saturday and then formally resign, writes the son on Twitter.”
“the Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena appointed Rajapaksa to the new prime minister after he in the beginning of november sacked Ranil Wickremesinghe from the post, which sparked a constitutional crisis. In connection with the dismissed the president also to parliament. That decision violated the constitution, broke the country’s highest court earlier in the week.”
