COLOMBO: The prime minister accused the president of seeking “chaos and anarchy'' and endangering Sri Lanka's peace process with Tamil rebels yesterday, after she sacked three ministers, suspended parliament and sent troops around the capital.
“The irresponsible and precipitous action of the president is aimed at plunging the country into chaos and anarchy,'' Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in a statement from Washington, where he was on an official visit.
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