SACked WICkreMeSINghe ‘CoNfIdeNT’ of PArLIAMeNT SuPPorT
COLOMBO Sri Lanka’s sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday said he had the support of parliament amid a constitutional crisis following his ouster by President Maithripala Sirisena.
“I still remain the Prime Minister and I have the confidence of the majority of members of the House,” Wickremesinghe told the BBC from his official residence Temple Trees.
“The constitution states that the president must appoint as prime minister the person who commands the confidence of parliament and I am the person who has that. We have asked for the summoning of parliament so I can prove my majority in the House,” Wickremesinghe said.
His United National Party (UNP) demanded that the House be convened soon. No date has yet been confirmed, the BBC reported. —
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