Setback to Sirisena as ousted Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe proves majority in Parliament

Weeks after being sacked by President Maithripala Sirisena in a controversial move that plunged the island nation into a political turmoil, Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe emphatically proved his majority in Parliament on Wednesday. A confidence motion in Wickremesinghe’s leadership was passed by as many as 117 out of 225 lawmakers in the Parliament.

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