FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa waves at staff after participating in the ceremony to assume his duties as the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs at the Finance Ministry in Colombo, Sri Lanka October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File photo
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A Sri Lankan court on Monday issued an order preventing Mahinda Rajapaksa and his disputed cabinet from holding office, the latest twist in a political drama gripping the South Asian country.
The island has been in crisis since President Maithripala Sirisena replaced Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with Rajapaksa in October, and then issued an order dissolving parliament and called for a general election.
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