COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition misplaced its majority in parliament on Tuesday after no less than 41 lawmakers walked out of the alliance amid growing unrest over an financial disaster, in response to parliamentary proceedings.
“Our get together is on the aspect of the folks,” stated Maithripala Sirisena, chief of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which withdrew its help for Rajapaksa’s coalition.
The shift left Rajapaksa with a minority authorities, which might make resolution making more difficult, though impartial lawmakers can nonetheless proceed to help authorities proposals.
(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe, Writing by Devjyot Ghoshal; Editing by Kim Coghill)
