Until Rajapaksa Proves Majority, Won’t Accept Him PM: Sri Lanka Speaker

(G.N.S) DT.05 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s speaker of parliament said on Monday he would not accept a former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, as the new prime minister until he proves he commands a majority in parliament.President Maithripala Sirisena fired the sitting prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, on October 26 and appointed Rajapaksa in his place,