Sri Lanka’s ousted PM resists presidential eviction order

Political crisis has deepened in Sri Lanka as the country’s sacked prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, defies a presidential order to step down and move out of his official residence.

n Sunday, Wickremesinghe ignored the eviction order issued by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and defiantly called for a crisis meeting with political allies as a thousand supporters had gathered outside his residence.

Officials said police would then seek a court order to evict Wickremesinghe from the residence.

Sirisena appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new prime minister on Friday after sacking Wickremesinghe, who was away touring the south of the country.

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