Sri Lanka Parliament Speaker Accepts Rajapaksa's Resignation
Desk Report
Published: 15 Jul 2022, 11:01 am
A man folds a newspaper after reading the news about the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore amid Sri Lanka's economic crisis, in front of the Presidential Secretariat, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 15, 2022. || Photo: Reuters
The speaker of parliament in crisis-hit Sri Lanka has accepted a resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, having verified its authenticity after it was flown from Singapore late on Thursday, he told reporters.
"From this point, we will move to constitutionally appoint a new president," the speaker, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, said on Friday.
Rajapaksa arrived in Singapore following a stopover in the Maldives, after he fled Sri Lanka amid a wave of unrest as his island nation grapples with its worst economic crisis in decades.
Source: Reuters