Sri Lanka’s president Ranil Wickremesinghe claimed that former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s “failure to maintain law and order” contributed to the “downfall” of his Conservative-led government, as he lashed out at human rights lawyers this week,

Sri Lanka’s parliamentary speaker Karu Jayasuria declared this morning that Mahinda Rajapaksa does not have a majority in parliament as prime minister, after a no-confidence motion was passed against Mahinda Rajapaksa amid chaotic scenes in parliament.

Speaker Jayasuriya ruled that a majority of 122 out of 225 MPs supported the no-confidence motion, AFP reported. 

Rajapaksa supporters rejected the ruling as the speaker made the declaration using a voice vote instead of a floor vote in parliamant.