Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Acting President

His swearing-in came shortly after Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena officially announced the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the President of Sri Lanka effective from July 14, 2022.

Secretary-General of Parliament Dhammika Dasanayake, as per Section 05 of the said Act, will announce to the House that there is a vacancy in the office of the President.

Meanwhile, at the special meeting of political party leaders and the members of Parliamentary Business Committee held this morning, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has announced that the parliament will elect a new President on July 20, as decided before.

All political parties representing the opposition in the parliament have agreed to nominate the name of Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa as the new Prime Minister, Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) general-secretary Dayasiri Jayasekara said.