Gotabaya's resignation confirmed! Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe also vacates the chair

Colombo, Jul 11: Amid mounting pressure from protesters, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will be resigning from the position. Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed that he will be resigning as previously announced, informs Sri Lanka Prime Minister's media unit.

 

 

 

 

Earlier, on Saturday (Jul 9), Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign from his post on Jul 13. Rajapaksa's resignation comes after thousands of people stormed into the President's House in Fort on Saturday (Jul 13).

 

 

 

 

 

Even Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had announced to step down from his post on the same day. The protesters who have occupied the residences of the President and Prime Minister have cleared that they will continue to occupy their houses until they resign from their posts.

 

The dramatic visuals came from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence where they were seen playing carrom board, sleeping on the sofa, enjoying in park premises and preparing food for dinner. Besides, the Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka, General Shavendra Silva has denied the social media reports of military personnel marching towards Galle Face protest site, to take control of the power.