Sri Lanka president sacks prime minister, appoints strongman

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan state television says President Maithripala Sirisena has sacked the prime minister and replaced him with a former strongman.
The state-run Rupavahinj station reported Friday that Sirisena replaced Ranil Wickremesinghe with his former nemesis, Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The move ends a more than 3-year-old coalition government that was formed between bitterly opposed political parties in 2015 on a platform of good governance.
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