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Sri Lanka Lawmakers Defect From President to Prime Minister After Dispute

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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena waves at his supporters, together with his party members, during a special party convention in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Dec. 4. / Reuters

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COLOMBO — Three lawmakers from Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s party defected to the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday after a dispute between the two leaders.

The island nation was plunged into crisis in October after Sirisena replaced Wickremesinghe with ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa without the backing of Parliament, leading to protests and downgrades of Sri Lanka’s debt.

Rajapaksa, best known for crushing a long-running insurgency in the north of the country and drawing Sri Lanka closer to China, failed to win a parliamentary majority and resigned on Saturday as a government shutdown loomed.

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“We joined the government… as the party and the country have been dragged into a difficult position,” Vijith Wijayamuni Soysa, one of the three lawmakers, told Parliament.

With the latest defections, Wickremesinghe has the backing of 120 legislators in the 225-member Parliament.

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