Sri Lanka’s parliament descended into madness on Thursday, with punches and projectiles being thrown among legislators as a result of brewing political turmoil over appointing the country’s next prime minister.
The brawl came one day after Speaker of Parliament Karu Jayasuriya declared on Wednesday that no government had been established, and that no prime minister would be named after members of parliament passed a no-confidence vote against the newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, according to the Independent.
Neither Rajapaksa nor his rival, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was removed from his prime minister post by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena in October, acquired enough votes to take the win.
