Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 19 Jul 2022, 06:41 am Print
Ranil Wickremesinghe Image: Ranil Wickremesinghe Instagram page
Colombo: Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka and Dullas Allahapperuma will contest for the presidency on Wednesday, a seat which became vacant after Gotabaya Rajapaksa the nation amid protests.
Nominations for the presidency was called for in Parliament today and the name of Ranil Wickremesinghe, Dullas Allhapperuma and Anura Kumara Dissanayake was proposed and seconded by their respective parties, reports Daily Mirror.
Sri lanka is fighting an acute shortage of fuel and economic crisis for the past several months.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as the acting President of the nation, hours after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to Maldives amid protests against him in the country.
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