Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister, nearly two months after firing him and setting off weeks of political stalemate.
His reinstatement is an embarrassment for Sirisena, who had replaced him with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa in October following bitter personal differences and disagreement over policymaking.
However, Rajapaksa failed to win a parliamentary majority and resigned on Saturday as a government shutdown loomed.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
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