Sri Lanka: Former President Sirisena calls for fresh elections
The former president added that he could not stay at home when the people were in a state of distress with thousands of problems in the country.
The former president added that he could not stay at home when the people were in a state of distress with thousands of problems in the country.
The Commission will be chaired retired Supreme Court Judge Upali Abeyratne.
While the Tamil majority Northern and Eastern Provinces are still reeling under Army occupation, the Tamil National Alliance found the elevation of Silva an affront to their sentiments.
During his four-day visit to the kingdom, Sirisena will also visit the temples in the Angkor Archeological Park in northwestern Siem Reap province.
NTJ leader Zahran Hashim had made a video with his fellow suicide bombers pledging allegiance to IS leader Abu Bakr Al-Bagdadi. The video was released by the IS two days later.
The heroin weighed 3.6 kg and was discovered during a search operation launched by the Police Narcotics Bureau
Rajapaksa resigned after two crucial Supreme Court decisions made the embattled former strongman's efforts to cling to premiership untenable.
Last Thursday and Friday Parliament passed two motions stopping all cash flow to Rajapaksa and his so-called cabinet ministers who lack legitimacy even as they were busy taking administrative decisions and passing orders.
Sri Lanka has been embroiled in a severe political crisis after President Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and appointed former President Rajapakse as the new Prime Minister last month.
The political crisis in Sri Lanka that began on 26 October when President Maithripala Sirisena appointed former President and Sinhala…
