Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informs the Prime Minister that he will resign as notified before
Posted by Editor on July 11, 2022 - 8:49 am
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will be resigning as President as previously announced.
The Prime Minister’s Media Division has confirmed this today (July 11).
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Saturday (July 9) informed the Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that he will resign as President.
The Speaker said the President informed him that he will be stepping down on the 13th of July.
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Good news. Even better he takes his rogues brothers and nephews and his senile prime minister with him.
There is severe confusion on succession when a President resigns, in the Constitution.
Succession will be determined by the Courts.