Sri Lanka's parliament accepts president Rajapaksa's resignation and it will convene to appoint new president says speaker
A protester sleeps under a statue in the compound of presidential secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 15, 2022.
"Gotabaya has legally resigned" with effect from Thursday, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters on Friday, after Rajapaksa notified the speaker from Singapore he was stepping down. The family has denied the corruption allegations, but Rajapaksa acknowledged that some of his policies contributed to the meltdown.
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