Speaker Officially Announced The Resignation Of 08th Executive President

 Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena had officially announced the resignation of President Gotabhaya Rajapakshe who is currently in Singapore ,this morning (15).

Briefing  the media this morning  regarding the resignation of former President ,Speaker has told that Gotabhya Rajapakshe who was the eighth executive President Of Sri Lanka had officially resigned with effect from 14th of July 2022 and the resignation letter he had sent through the Sri Lankan embassy in Singapore last night is legally valid ,

Under the  clause 38 (1) of  the Constitution in Sri Lanka the executive president can resign before end of his  term through a .letter send to the speaker ,

Former President became the first executive president in Sri Lanka who had resigned before the end of his full term of five years. He was elected as president in 2019 ..

The new President is due to be selected through a Parliament vote on 20th of July and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramaisnghe is currently  appointed as the acting President until the appointing of a  new president ,He is due to sworn  in as the acting president today ,

Protesters Handed Over The Captured Buildings

 Protesters who had captured an important buildings in Colombo recently during the protests had handed over the buildings to the authorities and left from there ,

Earlier Protesters have stated that if the President and Prime Minster are  resigning from their posts they will vacate the buildings ,

Except the  Presidential secretariat  ,Protesters had handed over Prime Minister's office and  Temple trees they have captured few days back .Protesters still remain in Presidential Secretariat and the Galle face site .

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Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe To Be Sworn In As Acting President Tomorrow (15)

 Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe is scheduled to be sworn in as acting President of Sri Lanka tomorrow Morning (15) according to the Government sources .

Premier Wikramasinghe is due to be sworn in as acting President accordance to the provisions of Sri Lanka's constitution after announcing the resignation of Gotabhaya Rajpakshe as president the sources have added .

According to the local constitution If the President's post is vacant before the end of his term ,Prime Minister of the country will automatically elected as the next president .Ex  President Rajapakshe had issued an extra ordinary gazette notification yesterday (13)to declare Premier Wikramasinghe as acting president of the country . 

However Galle face protesters want Ranil Wikramasinghe to resign from premier post along with the government .

Speaker To Officially Announce The Resignation Of President Goatabhaya Rajapakshe Tomorrow(15)

 Although Sri Lanka's President Gotabhaya Rajpakshe had Emailed his resignation letter to the  Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardnae this evening through the Sri Lankan Embassy in Singapore ,Speaker is scheduled to be announced the resignation of the ex president  tomorrow (15) after verifying the legal validity of the letter the  Speaker's office had announced.



According to the Speaker's Office in Colombo the hard copy of the letter received by Speaker from the President is scheduled to be brought back to Sri Lanka before making any official confirmation of his resignation .

President Gotabhya Rajapakshe Said To Be Have Sent His Resignation Letter To The Speaker? -Reports

 The Resignation Letter of President Gotabhya Rajapakshe had been received by the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane short while ago government  sources have stated  .

President Rajapakshe who had fled  the country in the  wee hours of last Morning (13) along with wife Ayoma rajapakshe and two security officers had sent his resignation letter to the Speaker via e mail from Singapore according to the sources .

President had arrived in Maldives last Morning from Air force Jet flying from Katunayake International Airport and amidst protest campaigns launched by Sri Lankans there he had stayed at a Star hotel in capital Male until this noon according to reports ,

However due to the opposition of local and Sri Lankan community in Male  as well as of Opposition parties in Maldives he left for  Singapore through a Saudi Air flight and touched down at  the Changi International Airport there around 5 p.m Sri Lankan time according to the  foreign Media .

Earlier President had promised that he will step down from Executive Presidency on Wednesday (13) but as he fled  the country in wee hours yesterday he had continuously delayed sending the resignation letter to the  Speaker .His delay of sending the letter may be due to the uncertainty risen regarding finding a place for him to reside  critics have  believed .

Meanwhile Speaker had not yet announced officially  that he had received the resignation letter from president and officials are inspecting the legal validity of the letter it has been reported , 

President Rajapakshe had fled  the country after the protesters of GO Gota home village in Galle Face green in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo  along with tens of thousands of people  arrived in Colombo from various parts of the country had captured his official residence in Galle face on 09th of July .