The UN Represenative in Sri Lanka Hanna Singer met with key political figures today as the political crisis, sparked by the appointment of Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister by the current president Maithripala Sirisena, continues.
Meeting with Singer, Sirisena reportedly told her that all decisions were in accordance with the country's constitution and that the government was acting within a democratic framework.
Singer also met the Speaker, Karu Jayasuriya, who later issued a statement requesting foreign diplomats "not to be haste to take diplomatic measures on the current political situation."
The UN envoy also met with the leader of the Tamil National Alliance (TNA), R Sampanthan and the party spokesperson and MP, M A Sumanthiran.
According to the TNA, the current political situation in the country was discussed.
