Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe had informed the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeygunawardena that he is willing to resign from his post after the Party leaders conference held this evening (09) at the request made by premier .
The Party leaders who had attended the conference had requested Prime Minister and president Gotabhaya Rajapakshe to resign from their posts under current circumstances .Meanwhile Prime Minister Wikramaisnghe had stated that when the present government has resigned a new government should be appointed right away to carry out many functions of the government.
Soon after the Protesters captured the President's House Prime Minister informed the speaker to convene an emergency session of Parliament to discuss the current situation. .