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Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Galle Face Protest To Continue Until President Ranil Wikramasinghe Leaves Office

Galle face protest will continues until the current President Ranil Wikramasinghe is being chased away from his post according to the Protesters .

Addressing the media at "Gota go village " in Galle Face green ,Colombo today (20) the convener of Inter University Student's Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige has stated that the appointment of Ranil Wikramasinghe's has not portrayed the public opinion and he has been appointed to the Prime Minister's post by former President Gotabhaya Rajapakshe to protect his family members and their wrong acts .

State Owned Ceypetco Fuel Stations To Issue Fuel For Motorists On A Limited Basis

Fuel stations belonging to Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) which were shut down recently due to the fuel shortage are to be re- opened from tomorrow (21) to issue Fuel to motorists on a limited basis .

Accordingly Fuel will be issued to the Motorists from Ceypetco fuel stations tomorrow according to the final digit of their vehicle register number .Under this programme a Motorcyclist can get maximum of Rs.1500 worth fuel ,A Three wheeler driver Rs.2000 worth fuel and a Motor Car Rs.7000 worth fuel Ceypetco has announced .

Newly Elected President Will Be Sworn In Tomorrow(21) At Parliament

Newly elected President Ranil Wikramasinghe iis scheduled to be sworn in as the President of Sri Lanka tomorrow (21) at the Parliament Building in capital Colombo ..

Delivering a speech at the Parliament this morning after being elected as the 08th Executive President of Sri Lanka ,President Ranil Wikramasinghe has made a special appeal from all the factions to come together to implement a new mechanism to solve the problems faced by people of the country .

"Sri Lanka is currently under economic crisis and youth are demanding a system change to overcome this crisis .People are not demanding us to do old politics anymore and what they want is all the parties to come together and work with unity .All the factions in the Parliament including the other two contestants who contested with me at the President's race MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Opposition LeaderSajith Premadasa should join hands with me to implement a new mechanism to overcome the current crisis faced by the country " he has stressed .

Ranil Wikramasinghe Elected As The New President Of Sri Lanka

Acting President Ranil Wikramaisnghe has been elected as the 08th executive president of Sri Lanka this morning (20) through a secret ballot held among MP's of the Parliament .

Out of the 225 MP's who are eligible to vote in the Parliamentary vote held this morning ,134 had voted in favor of the Acting President Wikramasinghe and 82 had voted in favor of MP Dallas Alahapperuma who has represented the governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party. Only 03 had voted for the leader of the leftist Jathika JanaBalawegaya Party, Anura Kumara Dissanayake .

Earlier Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa had withdrawn his candidature from the President's race to support the candidate of governing party Dallas Alahapperuma .After this move many have predicted MP Alahapperuma will win the race with the support of Main opposition party Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB ) lead by Sajith Premadasa and other Tamil and Muslim Minority parties which had pledged their support to him .

However Many in the governing party which was formed by Ousted Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaskhe and his brother former finance minister Basil Rajapaskhe had voted in favor of Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe .