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Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been accused of mbadive corruption and atrocities committed during the country's civil war
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has appointed his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa as the country's prime minister after the collapse of the ruling coalition.
He sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe after the resignation of the president's party of the Alliance for the Freedom of the People's People (UPFA).
Mr Sirisena defeated Mr Rajapaksa in the 2015 presidential election.
Opponents say the movement is unconstitutional.
Mr. Wickramasinghe helped the president triumph in the 2015 ballot, but the two men reportedly clashed in the government recently over the government's plan to rent a port in India.
The Prime Minister and his unified National Party (UNP) came to power promising to be held accountable for the atrocities committed during the Sri Lankan civil war and during Rajapaksa's administration.
Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera called the dismissal of his leader "of" undemocratic state coup ", saying that Wickramasinghe remained in the position of leader because he could not be dismissed from the president. by the Constitution.
And cabinet spokeswoman Raitha Senaratne told the BBC that Wickramasinghe remains the country's prime minister.
President Sirisena had been an ally and a minister under Rajapaksa before turning against him.
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President Maithripala Sirisena, left, clashed with Ranil Wickramasinghe in the government
Rajapaksa ended the civil war in 2009, but was criticized for his ways to win. Thousands of Tamil civilians were reportedly killed by government forces in the final months of the fighting.
In the 26 years of conflict, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 people have died, both of whom are presumed to have committed war crimes.
In addition, the former president is also accused of large-scale corruption, as well as his entourage.
President Sirisena told the BBC, shortly after his election victory, that he was planning to set up a national inquiry into the alleged atrocities of the civil war.
But bad headlines have persisted the president in recent weeks, tarnishing his image.
Sirisena had to call Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month, after being informed that Indian intelligence was plotting to kill him at a cabinet meeting.
And in September, he criticized the Sri Lankan Airlines national carrier for serving him substandard cashews.
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