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Earlier Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa had withdrawn his candidature from the President's race  to support the candidate of governing party Dallas Alahapperuma .After this  move many have predicted MP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 .

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අවංක ආදරයකට සීමා මායිම් හෝ වෙනත් භේද නොපවති .ඇත්තේ  එකිනෙකා වෙනුවෙන් හදවතෙහි වෙන් කළ අසීමිත සෙනෙහසකි .(උපුටා ගැනීමකි ).

University Students Protest Held Against Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe

 Students attached to the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) had conducted a Protest campaign in front of the Colombo Fort Railway station this morning (19) demanding the resignation of Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe from his post .

University Students as well as members of Trade unions and Social activists had participated in this  protest .

A New Party Had Been Formed To Represent Galle Face Protesters

 A group of Protesters  representing  the Galle Face Protesters had yesterday (18) submitted relevant documents to the Elections Commission for registering a new political party under the name  "Public Protesting  Citizens "(Jana Aragala Purawasiyo).

The new party is being registered to represent the Galle face protesters the General Secretary of the newly formed party Chanaka Bandara has stated .

Acting President Declared Stare Of Emergency In The Island

 Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe had issued an extra ordinary Gazette notification yesterday (18) declaring a State Of Emergency in the island with immediate effect . 

The State of Emergency had been declared  in the island in the interests of Public security ,The protection of Public order and the maintenance of Supplies and services essential to the life of the community Acting President has stated .President can declare the State of Emergency in terms of article 40(1)(C) of the constitution by virtue of the power vested in him by the section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance(Chapter 40)  as amended by Act No.8 of 1959 ,Law No.6 of 1978 and Act No 28 of 1988 .  

Opposition Leader Withdrawn His Candidature From President's Race

 The opposition leader and the leader of " Samagi Janablawegaya " Party Sajith Premadasa who is one of the front runners for the post of Executive Presidency had today (19)withdrawn his candidature  pledging his  support for the candidate MP Dallas Alahapperuma   who is running for the presidency representing governing Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna(SLPP) Party ,

 The withdrawal of main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa from the President's race at the last moment leaves  three candidates to run  for the President' s post and the winner will be decided from a secret ballot scheduled to be held in Parliament tomorrow (20).

Parliament is scheduled to meet tomorrow at 10 a.m to elect a new Executive President of Sri Lanka from the three Candidates running for the post , Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe ,Leader of the leftist Jathika Janabalawegaya Party Anura Kumara Dissanayake and MP Dallas Alahapperuma of Sri Lanka Podu Jana Peramuna (SLPP) Party.

After withdrawing his candidature Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa has said "For the greater good of my country that I love and the people I cherish I hereby withdraw my candidacy for the post of president .My party and our opposition partners will work hard towards making Dallas Alahapperuma victorious ".

Meanwhile MP's of  the Governing Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Party arebeing  divided when supporting candidates in tomorrows vote to elect a new president and a section of the Party had pledged their support to Acting President Ranil Wikramasinghe and the other section had pledged their support to MP Dallas Alahapperuma .

Many opposition parties had pledged their support to Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa's candidature however as he  had withdrawn from the race  .There' s a doubt whom they will cast their votes now .