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    ISAS Briefs

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    610: A Political Crisis in Sri Lanka

    Chulanee Attanayake

    31 October 2018

    In an unexpected turn of events, President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and appointed former President, and his political foe, Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new premier of Sri Lanka. It is important to explore the causes that led to this unlikely alliance and the breakup of the coalition government.