Zee Media Bureau :
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Friday sworn-in as the Prime Minister before the current President Maithripala Sisisena, Sri Lankan media reports.
Television aired Rajapaksa swearing in before President Maithripala Sirisena, surrounded by a number of opposition legislators.
Rajapaksa became the 11th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka after replacing Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Prior to this, Rajapaksa has also served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka till January 2015. Rajapaksa has also served as Prime Minister in 2004, until he won presidential elections.
Meanwhile, the unity government of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party (UNP) was thrown into a crisis after former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s new party pulled off a stunning victory in local elections in February seen as a referendum on the ruling alliance.
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Friday sworn-in as the Prime Minister before the current President Maithripala Sisisena, Sri Lankan media reports.
Television aired Rajapaksa swearing in before President Maithripala Sirisena, surrounded by a number of opposition legislators.
Rajapaksa became the 11th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka after replacing Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Prior to this, Rajapaksa has also served as the sixth President of Sri Lanka till January 2015. Rajapaksa has also served as Prime Minister in 2004, until he won presidential elections.
Meanwhile, the unity government of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party (UNP) was thrown into a crisis after former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s new party pulled off a stunning victory in local elections in February seen as a referendum on the ruling alliance.
