Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new president on July 20, 2022, its speaker said on Monday, after protesters stormed the residences of the current president and prime minister, who have both offered to quit amid an economic meltdown.
Demonstrators wait in line for breakfast after entering the Presidential Secretariat premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
"During the party leaders' meeting held today it was agreed that this was essential to ensure a new all-party government is in place in accordance with the Constitution," the statement added. Governor P. Nandalal Weerasinghe signaled he would stay on in the job although he had said in May he could resign if there was no political stability in the island nation of 22 million.
Another protester, Dushantha Gunasinghe, said he had traveled 130 km to Colombo, walking part of the way because of a fuel crunch. "We as the opposition are ready to provide leadership to stabilize the country and rebuild the economy," he said. "We will appoint a new president, prime minister and form a government."
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