Mahinda Rajapaksa calls for snap Parliamentary polls

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has called for snap Parliamentary election in the wake of his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidential victory. Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is the Opposition Leader in Parliament, opined that it would be more effective to have a government where the President and Cabinet were from the same party. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has served under Mahinda Rajapaksa, was elected as the island nation's seventh President after winning the November 16 election.