Colombo: Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe Soon after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya had a cabinet meeting with all the ministers in the Prime Minister’s Office on Monday. Rajapaksa Officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he was resigning from his post.
“Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with cabinet ministers at the Prime Minister’s Office this morning (11 am),” the Prime Minister’s media wing said in a statement.
It said that all the ministers who attended the meeting were of the opinion that as soon as there is an agreement to form an all-party government, they are ready to hand over their responsibility to that government.
President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa Seeing the pressure of the protesters, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was officially informed that he was resigning from his post.
According to the Colombo Gazette, the prime minister’s media unit said Rajapaksa told him he would resign as previously announced.
Earlier on Saturday the speaker Mahindra Yapa Abhaywardene Announced in a press conference that the President would resign from his position on 13 July.
Rajapaksa resigns after thousands of people barged into Rashtrapati Bhavan House Saturday at the fort. Dramatic scenes came from the PM’s official residence where he was seen playing carrom board, sleeping on the sofa, enjoying in the park premises and cooking dinner.
Even Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced to step down from his posts amid the ongoing protests. However, the protesters occupying the residences of the President and the Prime Minister have made it clear that they will continue to occupy their homes until they resign from their posts.
The deteriorating economic situation in the country has added to the tension and over the past few weeks, there have been reports of several confrontations between individuals and members of the police force and the armed forces at fuel stations, where thousands of desperate members of the public have queued up. For hours and sometimes days.
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948, which comes on the heels of successive waves of Covid-19 that threaten to undo years of development progress .
The lack of oil supply has forced the closure of schools and government offices until further notice. Decline in domestic agricultural production, depletion of foreign exchange reserves and local currency depreciation fueled the shortfall. The economic crisis will push families into hunger and poverty – some for the first time – adding to the half-million people who world Bank Estimates have dropped below the poverty line due to the pandemic.
“Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with cabinet ministers at the Prime Minister’s Office this morning (11 am),” the Prime Minister’s media wing said in a statement.
It said that all the ministers who attended the meeting were of the opinion that as soon as there is an agreement to form an all-party government, they are ready to hand over their responsibility to that government.
President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa Seeing the pressure of the protesters, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was officially informed that he was resigning from his post.
According to the Colombo Gazette, the prime minister’s media unit said Rajapaksa told him he would resign as previously announced.
Earlier on Saturday the speaker Mahindra Yapa Abhaywardene Announced in a press conference that the President would resign from his position on 13 July.
Rajapaksa resigns after thousands of people barged into Rashtrapati Bhavan House Saturday at the fort. Dramatic scenes came from the PM’s official residence where he was seen playing carrom board, sleeping on the sofa, enjoying in the park premises and cooking dinner.
Even Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced to step down from his posts amid the ongoing protests. However, the protesters occupying the residences of the President and the Prime Minister have made it clear that they will continue to occupy their homes until they resign from their posts.
The deteriorating economic situation in the country has added to the tension and over the past few weeks, there have been reports of several confrontations between individuals and members of the police force and the armed forces at fuel stations, where thousands of desperate members of the public have queued up. For hours and sometimes days.
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948, which comes on the heels of successive waves of Covid-19 that threaten to undo years of development progress .
The lack of oil supply has forced the closure of schools and government offices until further notice. Decline in domestic agricultural production, depletion of foreign exchange reserves and local currency depreciation fueled the shortfall. The economic crisis will push families into hunger and poverty – some for the first time – adding to the half-million people who world Bank Estimates have dropped below the poverty line due to the pandemic.