New Lanka President Next Week, Over To R Wickremesinghe For Now

Friday, 15 July 2022newsdesk

Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new President on Wednesday, an official said, as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation was accepted by the Speaker after the leader fled the country earlier this week.

New Delhi, 15 July 2022

As per news report of NDTV, "Gotabaya has legally resigned" with effect from Thursday, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters, after Rajapaksa notified the speaker from Singapore he was stepping down. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president. Sri Lankans had been waiting for a formal announcement confirming the president had resigned after he fled to Singapore to escape anti-government protests triggered by his country's dire economic crisis. Gotabaya Rajapaksa submitted his resignation late Thursday after arriving in Singapore from the Maldives, where he initially escaped after demonstrators overran his palace at the weekend.

Source -NDTV