Sri Lanka's Parliament Passes Motion Of No Confidence In Prime Minister, Gov't - Reports

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published November 14, 2018 | 03:28 PM

The parliament of Sri Lanka has passed the motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who took office in late October, and his government, local media reported on Wednesday.

MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th November, 2018) The parliament of Sri Lanka has passed the motion of no confidence in Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who took office in late October, and his government, local media reported on Wednesday.

According to the Ada Derana online news portal, the motion was signed by 122 of the parliament's 225 lawmakers.

On October 26, Rajapaksa, who previously served as the country's president between 2005 and 2015, was appointed as prime minister by Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena shortly after the incumbent prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was removed from office.

Wickremesinghe, in turn, stated that, according to the country's constitution, he still was the head of the government. The government row resulted in Sirisena suspending the work of the country's parliament, an act that triggered protests across the country.

Last week, Sirisena dissolved the parliament and called an early election for January 5. His order to dissolve the parliament was, however, suspended by the country's Supreme Court on Tuesday.