Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Agence France-Presse ua hoʻohiki ʻia ʻo Ranil Wickremesinghe ma ke ʻano he Pelekikena Pelekikena o Sri Lanka.

Ua koho ʻia ʻo Kuhina Nui ʻo Ranil Wickremesinghe i pelekikena ʻoihana no Sri Lanka, ua haʻi aku ʻo Pelekikena Mahinda Rajapaksa i ka mea haʻi'ōlelo i ka Pōʻalima, wahi a kāna keʻena.

Ua hōʻea ʻo Pelekikena Sri Lanka ʻo Mahinda Rajapaksa i Singapore, ua haʻi ʻia e ka Luna Hoʻomalu o ka hale pālapa o Sri Lanka ʻo Mahinda Abbewardena ma kahi hālāwai kūkā i ka Pōʻalima.

Ua hōʻoia ka ʻoihana haole o Singapore ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Mr Rajapaksa i loko o ka ʻāina no kahi "mākaʻikaʻi pilikino", me ka hoʻohui ʻana: "ʻAʻole i noi ʻo Mr Rajapaksa i kahi asylum a ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia."

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Mr Abbewardena ua hoʻolaha mua ʻo Mr Rajapaksa i kona haʻalele ʻana ma ka leka uila ma hope o kona hōʻea ʻana i Singapore.Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi leka haʻalele mai ka pelekikena mai Iulai 14.

Ma lalo o ke kumukānāwai o Sri Lanka, i ka wā i haʻalele ai ka pelekikena, ua lilo ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Ranil Wickremesinghe i pelekikena kuʻikahi a hiki i ka koho ʻana o ka pāremata i hope.

Ua hōʻike ka Associated Press e ʻae ka Senate i nā koho pelekikena a hiki i Nowemapa 19, a e mālama ʻia ke koho pelekikena ma Nowemapa 20. Manaʻo ʻo Speaker Scott e koho i alakaʻi hou i loko o hoʻokahi pule.

ʻO Wickremesinghe, i hānau ʻia ma 1949, ʻo ia ke alakaʻi o ka National Unity Party (UNP) o Sri Lanka mai ka makahiki 1994. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Wickremesinghe i kuhina nui a me ke Kuhina Waiwai e Pelekikena Rajapaksa i Mei 2022, ʻo kāna ʻehā o ka manawa ma ke ʻano he kuhina nui.

Ua hoʻolaha ʻo Wickremesinghe i kona makemake e haʻalele i ka wā i hoʻokumu ʻia ai ke aupuni hou ma hope o ka puhi ʻia ʻana o kona home i nā kūʻē kūʻē aupuni ma Iulai 9.

Ua haʻi aku ka Pelekikena Sri Lanka ʻo Mahinda Rajapaksa i ka haʻi'ōlelo o ka pāremata ua koho ʻia ʻo ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Ranil Wickremesinghe i pelekikena manawa, ua haʻi ʻo Reuters i ke keʻena o ka haʻi'ōlelo ma hope o kona haʻalele ʻana i ka ʻāina i ka Pōʻalima.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Reuters ua kākoʻo nui nā lālā koʻikoʻi o ka ʻaoʻao aupuni o Sri Lanka i ka koho ʻana iā Wickremesinghe i pelekikena, ʻoiai ua kūʻē ka poʻe kūʻē i kona koho ʻana i pelekikena manawa, e hoʻopiʻi ana iā ia no ka pilikia o ka hoʻokele waiwai.

ʻO nā moho pelekikena ʻelua i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēia manawa ʻo Wickremesinghe a me ke alakaʻi kūʻē ʻo Sagit Premadasa, ua hōʻike mua ʻia ka ʻoihana nūhou IANS o India.

Ua haʻi ʻo Premadasa, ka mea i nalowale i ke koho pelekikena 2019, i ka Pōʻakahi e manaʻo ʻia e kapa ʻia ʻo ia i pelekikena a ua mākaukau ʻo ia e hoʻi i ka home e hoʻokumu i aupuni hou a hoʻōla i ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka ʻāina.ʻO kāna UNITED National Force, kekahi o nā ʻaoʻao kūʻē nui i ka hale pāremata, ua lanakila ʻo 54 mai 225 mau noho i ke koho balota pāremata ʻAukake 2020.

Ma ke koho ʻana i ke kuhina nui, ua hoʻopuka ka hui media o Wickremesinghe i kahi ʻōlelo ma ka Pōʻakolu e ʻōlelo ana, "Ua haʻi aku ke Kuhina Nui a me ka Pelekikena wā ʻo Wickremesinghe i ka haʻi'ōlelo ʻo Abbewardena e koho i kuhina nui e ʻae ʻia e ke aupuni a me ka poʻe kū'ē."

Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia kahi "ʻoluʻolu palupalu" ma ke kapikala ʻo Sri Lankan ʻo Colombo i ka wā i hoʻihoʻi ʻia ai ka poʻe kūʻē i noho i nā hale aupuni i ka Pōʻakahi ma hope o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o Mahinda Rajapaksa i kona haʻalele ʻana a ua ʻōlelo aku ka pūʻali koa e noho mau ana ka ʻāina i ka "pada pauka," i hōʻike ʻia e AP.