| Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has pledged to sort out the constitutional crisis consuming his country after emerging from talks in Washington with US President George W Bush. The White House meeting was expected to have been dominated by the Government's peace moves with Tamil Tiger rebels. However, it has been overshadowed by a political showdown engineered in Mr Wickremesinghe's absence by his rival, President Chandrika Kumaratunga. Sri Lanka is now in a state of emergency after Mrs Kumaratunga sacked three key cabinet ministers, suspended Parliament, and deployed troops around key installations. But Mr Wickremesinghe says he is confident the problems can be resolved. "The [U.S.] President wanted to know what was happening in Sri Lanka," he said. "I said things were quite alright when I left but since then it has changed, but these are a part of Sri Lankan politics. In 25 years we have these ups and downs. I told him that I have a majority of parliament with me." |