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Saturday, July 9, 2022

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අනෙකා කපාගෙන ඉදිරියට යන සමාජයක අනෙකා වෙනුවෙන් කැපවීම් කරමින් සිය ආදරයට සාධාරණයක් ඉටු කරන බැඳීම් ලොව පවතී (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

President Gotabya Rajapakshe To Resign

President Gotabhaya Rajapaskhe had informed the Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardane through a letter that he will be resigned from his post on 13th of July .

President had sent this letter to the speaker as a reply to the letter sent by speaker to him regarding the decisions taken at the Party leaders conference .Party leaders met today had requested Both Prime Minister Ranil Wikramaisnghe and President Gotabhaya Rajapakshe to resign from their posts ,

Prime Minister Ranil Wikramsinghe Has Agreed To Resign From His Post

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. .

Massive Crowd Arrived In Colombo Stormed In To President's Official Residence

Massive crowd arrived from various parts of the country had stormed in to the President' house and Office in Colombo Fort amidst tear gas and water cannons used against them by Police to capture the President's house building this noon .

Around 55 persons including 04 females had been injured during the clashes with Police near the President's house and admitted to Colombo National hospital for treatment ,The condition of three of them are said to be critical ,

Well organized crowd arrived in Colombo amidst fuel shortage by trains and walked towards the heavily guarded President's house this noon by pulled out road barricades which had been placed to prevent their entry , to capture President's house building what critics had described as most civilized way to take over the reigns of a government ,However at the time of the incident President was not inside the house and he was taken to a safe place by the security forces last evening it has been reported .,

Protesters holding national flags and black flags had stormed in to the President's house by breaking the main gate of the premises through a Police truck it has been reported ,Meanwhile owners of the Bowsers used to fire tear gas and water cannons to protesters had later supported the protesters . .

Protesters had invaded the President's house demanding t he resignation of President Gotabya Rajapakshe and Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe over the current economic crisis faced by the country.