Colombo [Sri Lanka]- Sri Lankan Head of state Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed at the Velana International Flight Terminal in the Maldives very early Wednesday, Xinhua reported pointing out the Maldivian media.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa removed from the nation for the Maldives on an Antonov-32 military airplane with his wife and a bodyguard who were among four travelers aboard, the media records stated mentioning immigration sources.
Rajapaksa on Monday authorized his resignation letter which will certainly be turned over to the Speaker of Parliament to make a public statement today.
Head Of State Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday will be sworn in as the Head of state for a short-term period till a brand-new President is chosen by Parliament on July 20 and also nominations for the presidency will be asked for on July 19.
Protests across Srilanka has forced President and PM to resign
In this year Sri Lanka has been suffering an extreme economic crisis which has brought about public demonstrations.
Sri Lanka’s speaker of parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has actually said political event leaders have actually decided to choose a brand-new head of state on July 20 via an enact parliament.
Sri Lanka is experiencing its worst economic crisis given that acquiring independence in 1948, which comes on the heels of successive waves of COVID-19, intimidating to reverse years of growth and drastically weakening the country’s capability to attain the UN’s Sustainable Growth Goals (SDGs).
In the wake of record food price rising cost of living, escalating fuel expenses and widespread asset shortages, some 61 per cent of households are on a regular basis utilizing dealing strategies to reduce prices, such as minimizing the quantity they eat and taking in progressively much less nutritious dishes.
