Dec 15, 2018
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Rajapaksa set to quit as Sri Lanka's premier to end crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka | Rajapaksa set to quit as Sri Lanka’s premier to end crisis
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka— A Sri Lankan lawmaker said that disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will resign Saturday to end the country’s political crisis.
The pro-Rajapaksa lawmaker, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, told reporters that Rajapaksa decided in a meeting Friday with President Maithripala Sirisena to resign to allow the president to appoint a new government.
Sri Lanka has had no functioning…
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