Sri Lanka's President reappointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister on Sunday, nearly two months after firing him and setting off a political stalemate in the island nation. Wickremesinghe's United National Party said on its official Twitter account that Wickremesinghe took oath before Sirisena. "Now I will assume duties of the office of Prime Minister," Wickremesinghe told cheering supporters gathered at his official residence after he was sworn in. Sirisena was health minister in Rajapaksa's cabinet when he defected to join Wickremesinghe and challenge Rajapaksa in the 2015 presidential election. After winning the election, he formed a government with Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister, but the two leaders started to have differences.

Source: The Telegraph December 16, 2018 11:37 UTC