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Sri Lankan president has replaced PM without having power to do so

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The Sri Lankan president, Maithripala Sirisena on Friday announced his decision of replacing the current Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. His decision came as a shock. The opponents even said that the president has no power to do so under the constitution. Whereas, Wickremesinghe said that he is having a majority and he will continue as the Prime Minister.