Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has described the ongoing political crisis in the country as one between foreign and local values.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an issue between those who believe in foreign thinking and those who respect local values,\u201d Sirisena said Sunday, addressing a gathering in his home base Polonnaruwa.<\/p>\n
The comment was seen as an indirect reference to the United National Party , with whom Sirisena was running the national unity government since 2015.<\/p>\n
The partnership ended on October 26 when Sirisena fired his Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is the leader of UNP, paving the way for a never-before-seen political stand-off in the island nation.<\/p>\n
Since firing Wickremesinghe, Sirisena has highlighted the personal \u201cshortcomings\u201d of the former PM in a bid to justify the sacking and dissuade the reinstatement of the Wickremesinghe.<\/p>\n
However, Wickremesinghe holds on to the official residence of the prime minister, claiming his sacking was unconstitutional.<\/p>\n
Sirisena later dissolved parliament to call snap elections. Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was appointed by Sirisena to replace Wickremesinghe, has failed to prove his parliamentary majority.<\/p>\n
The issue is now in the courts, with both the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal set to deliver judgments on the legality of Sirisena\u2019s action.<\/p>\n
Sirisena said he would decide his next political move depending on the court rulings. He was somewhat critical of the courts\u2019 interim rulings which allowed the cases to proceed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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