Sri Lanka PM confirms President Rajapaksa to resign

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Author of the article: Article content COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign as previously announced, the prime minister’s office said on Monday. The parliamentary speaker earlier said Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday, after…
Sri Lanka PM confirms President Rajapaksa to resign

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COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign as previously announced, the prime minister’s office said on Monday.

The parliamentary speaker earlier said Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday, after thousands of protesters stormed the president’s official residence. (Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe; Editing by Christopher Cushing)

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