Sri Lanka: Sirisena rejects the NCM against Rajapaksa again

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(November 17, 2018, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) President Maithripala Sirisena has written a letter to the Speaker of the Parliament by saying that he will not accept the No Confidence Motion against installed Prime Minister Rajapaksa passed by the majority of the parliament today, reliable sources in Presidential Office told the Sri Lanka Guardian.

This is the second time Sirisena refused to accept the Parliament verdict.

The letter will be sent to the Speaker shortly.

Meanwhile, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena MP, says by quoting the President Sirisena, “the President will not appoint sitting Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe as the Prime Minister again”.

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