Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will only communicate through the Speaker

Gotabaya Rajapaksa - President of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Photographer: Tharaka Basnayaka / Bloomberg)

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will only communicate through the speaker, the President’s Office said today (July 11).

Accordingly, the President’s office announced that announcements made by the speaker must be considered as official statements from the President.