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	Podcast:		News and Views
	Episode:		355: Turmoil in Sri Lanka: Anger against India Continues To Fester
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:06:11
	Publish Date:		2018-11-12 04:08:48
	Description:		‘Constitutional crises’ are what characterise Sri Lanka now, after President Maithripala Sirisena dismissed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe from office last week. The fact that the President removed a sitting prime minister from office, who enjoyed parliamentary majority, in “exercise of powers”, proves anomalous. President Sirisena himself, when he first took office, had moved a motion to amend the statute book, which was then passed by Parliament. According to this amendment, the President no longer has powers to terminate the Prime Minister – the move to sack Wickremesinghe, then, appears to be in violation of the law.
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