Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday resigned as Prime Minister of the nation to make way for an all-party government to take over. Sri Lankan crisis: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned.
The PM earlier said that he is willing to resign and make way for an all-party government. The Prime Minister’s Media Division said that the Prime Minister will resign after an all-party government is established and the majority is secured in Parliament.
Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today shortly before protesters demanding the leader’s resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis overran the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo even entering his nearby office.
Shortly after Mr Rajapaksa was escorted to safety, videos emerged of suitcases being loaded on a Sri Lanka Navy ship with local media claiming that the suitcases were of the incumbent President. Mr Rajapaksa’s sudden departure has raised questions as to whether he will remain in office and if not, what happens next in the crisis-hit country.
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Sri Lankan Constitution says that if the office of President becomes vacant prior to the expiration of his term of office, Parliament shall elect the President from one of its members. The successor will hold office for the rest of the period of the term of the office of the resigning President.
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