Ranil Wickremesinghe returned as prime minister of Sri Lanka, and will end the political crisis there

News24xx.com - Ranil Wickremesinghe returned to the position of Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. He pronounced his oath of office on Sunday, December 16th 2018, after the overthrow of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in October. The return of Wickremesinghe is expected to end of the political crisis in Sri Lanka after the sudden dismissal he experienced.

 Sirisena, at the time, decided to replace Wickremesinghe with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa due to the crossing opinion. "The inauguration was attended by only a few members of parliament from the Wickremesinghe’s coalition" said one official from the president's office, quoting Reuters on Sunday, December 16th 2018.

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Wickremesinghe will later return to the position of prime minister occupied by Mahinda Rajapaksa for the past seven weeks. Rajapaksa himself has officially resigned on Saturday, December 15th 2018, because his presence, which was suspected to be one of the triggers of the political crisis in Sri Lanka.

The return of Wickremesinghe is said will give the fresh air on Sri Lanka's political stage. It is known that President Sirisena initially repeatedly said that he would not reappoint Wickremesinghe as prime minister.

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However, Sirisena has to change his mind, inaugurates Wickremesinghe and ejects Rajapaksa. This was done with a number of considerations, including among other things so that the parliament gave temporary budget approval to be disbursed in early 2019. Although claimed to be in the phase of political crisis, there was no institution that calculated the exact amount of losses caused by Sri Lanka's political turmoil in the last few weeks.

 

 

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