Sri Lankan Parliament meet: Sri Lankan Parliament to meet Saturday; new President to be elected within seven days: Speaker

Sri Lanka’s Parliament will meet on Saturday after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa formally resigned, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has introduced. President Rajapaksa formally resigned on Friday, two days after the embattled chief fled the nation within the face of large protests in opposition to his authorities for mishandling the financial system that bankrupted the nation.

The 73-year-old chief Thursday emailed his resignation letter to the Speaker quickly after he was allowed by Singapore to enter the city-state on a “personal go to”.

On Friday morning, Speaker Abeywardena formally introduced that President Rajapaksa has resigned after confirming the authenticity of the resignation letter emailed to him.

The Parliament will meet on Saturday and the brand new President can be elected inside seven days in accordance with the provisions of the Structure, the Every day Mirror Lanka quoted Speaker Abeywardena as saying.

The Speaker stated when it comes to the Structure Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will perform within the capability of the President overseeing capabilities, duties, and powers of the workplace of the President till the constitutional process of electing the brand new President is over, the report added.

On Saturday, Rajapaksa introduced that he’ll step down on July 13 after hundreds of protesters stormed his official residence, blaming him for the unprecedented financial disaster that has introduced the nation to its knees.

He, nevertheless, fled to the Maldives with out resigning from his workplace. From the Maldives, he went to Singapore on Thursday.

Rajapaksa was the primary particular person with a army background to be elected as Sri Lanka’s President in 2019.

The Parliament will elect a brand new president inside 30 days from one in every of its members, who will maintain the workplace for the remaining two years of the present time period.