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Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Sri Lanka's disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns Saturday Dec 15,2018

Sri Lanka's disputed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has stepped down from his post, signalling an end to a weeks-long political crisis that has kept the Indian Ocean nation without a functional government.

Rajapaksa signed a letter of resignation in front of supporters and journalists at his private residence in the country's capital, Colombo, on Saturday Dec 15,2018

In a subsequent statement, the 73-year-old said he was bowing out to allow President Maithripala Sirisena to "form a new government"

Sri Lanka has been in crisis since October when the president fired Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe amid a bitter power struggle, and replaced him with Rajapaksa, a popular former president who is accused of corruption and wartime atrocities.

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