Mission Critical : Sri-Lankan political Crisis
By the shocking actions of President Maithripala Sirisena by withdrawing his support from the standing government. On 26 th October 2018 he sacked Mr. Wickremsinghe from his position and sworn in the ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister. The ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe calling out his actions un-constitutional challenged his decision and urged the speaker to convene a session in the Parliament as soon as possible. But before anything could be done Mr. Sirisena suspended the parliament until November 16 and plunged the entire country into a political crisis with his decisions. Now Mr. Wickremsinghe is waiting to prove in the floor test his majority and reclaim his position. The turn of events has put the entire world into a disbelief, but an event of this magnitude was bound to take place. In 2015 Presidential Election Mr. Sirisena fought against Mr. Rajpakshe, representing the oppositions coalition as a “common candidate”, although his v