Rajapaksa's return to power ended a more than three-year-old coalition government that was formed by Sirisena and Wickremesinghe on a promise to combat corruption and financial irregularities
Reacting sharply to the development, dislodged premier Wickremesinghe termed the swearing in of Mahinda Rajapaksa as new prime minister as "illegal and unconstitutional
He hopes that US interference in Sri Lankan affairs would decrease under Trump
The attack on High Commissioner Ibrahim Ansar was allegedly carried out by the LTTE sympathisers
The purge affected by Sirisena claimed the posts of nine frontline backers of Rajapaksa as SLFP organisers
He said that not enough information has been made available by the govt on the proposed ETCA pact