Dynamite News Lanka 'Kand': Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa signs resignation letter
The Speaker of Parliament may publicly announce it to the nation on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday signed his resignation letter.
The resignation letter was handed over to a senior government official who will give it to the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, the Daily Mirror reported.
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The Speaker of Parliament will make a public announcement of resignation on Wednesday.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the President's House shortly before thousands of protesters stormed it on Saturday.
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Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will be sworn in as the President for a temporary period till a new President is elected by Parliament on July 20.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena in a statement said party leaders had decided to elect a new President on July 20 through a vote in Parliament in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution. Nominations for the presidency will be called for on July 19.(with Agency inputs)