Sri Lanka's president, Maithripala Sirisena warned against what he described as "the shadows of old Imperialism", arguing that the current political crisis was not a conflict between political parties, but a !conflict between national and foreign thinking".
"When I act according to the principles of nationalism without giving into foreign forces and without intimidated by their threats, foreign forces have now become a challenge and the shadows of the old Imperialism stand in our way," he told an audience at him home town, gathered at Polonnaruwa Royal College.
"The current crisis is the result of the concern by the world powers over the affairs of our country due to Sri Lanka's geographical importance or its location in the world map," he was further quoted by the Daily Mirror as saying.
Highlighting the Supreme Court's deliberations over the constitutional crisis, Sirisena said he would accept the decision of the court, whatever it would be.
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