Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as interim President of Sri Lanka

Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as interim President of Sri Lanka

• Sri Lankan Prime Minister RanilWickremesinghe has been sworn in as the interim President after Parliament Speaker MahindaAbeywardena accepted the resignation of GotabayaRajapaksa.
• Wickremesinghe was appointed as the acting President by former President Rajapaksa on July 13 after the latter fled to the Maldives due to the massive protest demanding his resignation.
• GotabayaRajapaksa submitted his resignation letter after arriving in Singapore, officially vacating the post of President. Rajapaksa’s resignation comes after thousands of people stormed into the President’s House in Colombo last Saturday.

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Published date : 16 Jul 2022 06:09PM