INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena named Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister on Friday
5, newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Thursday, as international pressure builds to resolve a political
crisis.Sirisena named the pro-China Rajapaksa as prime minister on Friday after abruptly dismissing the government of Ranil
Wickremesinghe.Wickremesinghe has said his removal is unconstitutional and has demanded he be allowed to prove his parliamentary
majority."President has decided to reconvene the parliament on 5th," Rajapaksa said addressing a meeting at the prime minister's
office.Sirisena had earlier prorogued the parliament till Nov
16 but political parties and foreign powers urged an earlier session to resolve the crisis.(This story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
