Sri Lanka's government remains in turmoil as the country attempts to resolve the fate of its prime minister. This week politicians literally threw punches at each other after a no-confidence vote was passed against the prime minister. There are calls for a new election. CGTN's Shweta Bajaj has the details.  

Another day of violence in Sri Lanka's parliament despite heavy police protection. Leaders supporting Mahinda Rajapaksa threw chairs, books and even chili powder to stop the second no-confidence motion against the recently appointed prime minister. The target was the speaker of the assembly – Karu Jayasuriya.

Police were brought in to protect the speaker. Later he was escorted out from the back gate. One member of Parliament and a leading constitutional expert says laws have not been followed by President Maithripala Sirisena.

JAYAMPATHY WICKRAMARATNE CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERT & PARLIAMENTARIAN "We had a very good record of changing governments democratically and now this happens. So, the president has flouted the constitution because they are not interested. The former Rajapaksa government was an authoritarian regime and a future Rajapaksa regime as we have seen now, will be worse."

Meanwhile, Ranil Wickremesinghe's United National Party – organized a rally for a show of strength. The UNP is asking for him to be restored as Sri Lanka's prime minister. Charitha Herath is a political analyst and served as the secretary to the Ministry of Mass Media and Information from 2012 till 2015. He says, the only way to end the stalemate is to have a caretaker government for a few months, before the country gets ready for elections.

CHARITHA HERATH POLITICAL ANALYST "It will be rather better to have a president driven caretaker government which has a very limited time period which should be ended with the parliamentary elections. That kind of solution should be crafted and developed in order to get over this complex situation."

The president of Sri Lanka made it clear he will not appoint Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister.

SHWETA BAJAJ COLOMBO, SRI LANKA "In 2015, Maithripala Sirisena was sworn in as the president of Sri Lanka here in Independence Square. Back then, his victory was seen as a win for democracy against the authoritarian rule of its former president. A little over three and half years later, he has decided to make the same Mahinda Rajapaksa the prime minister. Something that is hurting his own popularity."

Despite efforts to solve the crisis, Sri Lanka is only falling deeper into a political mess. Shweta Bajaj, CGTN, Colombo, Sri Lanka.