A court in Sri Lanka suspended Mahinda Rajapakse's powers as prime minister on Monday and ruled his disputed cabinet could not govern the strife-torn island until it proved its legitimacy.
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Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives at the parliament in Colombo on November 30, 2018. - Sri Lanka's parliament escalated a power struggle with President Maithripala Sirisena by blocking spending of the disputed government he installed last month. The legislature voted to suspend money allocated for all ministries a day after freezing expenditure of Mahinda Rajapakse, who was controversially appointed to replace prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
2018-12-03 20:21:32
A court in Sri Lanka suspended Mahinda Rajapakse's powers as prime minister on Monday and ruled his disputed cabinet could not govern the strife-torn island until it proved its legitimacy.
The decision casts further legal doubt over Rajapakse's claim to lead Sri Lanka, which has been in turmoil since his controversial appointment a month ago.
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