Sri Lankan president resigns, PM sworn in as interim president

STORY: Sri Lankan president resigns, PM sworn in as interim president DATELINE: July 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua reporter 2. various of press briefing of parliament speaker 3. various of swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as interim president STORYLINE SOUNDBITE (English): JAMILA HUSAIN, Xinhua reporter "I'm standing outside the Sri Lankan president's office. Gotabaya Rajapaksa is no longer the president of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Speaker of Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday morning officially announced to the nation that Gotabaya Rajapaksa had resigned as the president of Sri Lanka, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will now function as an interim president. The parliament will elect a new president within seven days after which a new government will come into place. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has urged for calm and has informed the citizens to allow a smooth transition

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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the prime minister's office. Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said he has received the resignation letter of the president, and from this point forth the president has legally resigned from his legal duties and responsibilities. "Under these circumstances, the constitutional procedure of appointing a new president will now be activated. Until this constitutional procedure is over, according to the constitution the prime minister will function in the capacity of the president overseeing functions, duties, and powers of the office of the president," the speaker told a media briefing. The speaker added that parliament will convene on July 16 and he requested all legislators to attend parliamentary sessions on that day. He requested maximum cooperation for the democratic process of

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(220715) -- COLOMBO, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (1st R) attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 15, 2022. The speaker on Friday announced the official resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in as an interim president. (Xinhua/Che Hongliang)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRSIDENT-RESIGNATION

(220715) -- COLOMBO, July 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (R) attends a media briefing in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 15, 2022. The speaker on Friday announced the official resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in as an interim president. (Xinhua/Che Hongliang)

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Sri Lankan disaster management chief visits Japan's weather agency

Sri Lankan disaster management chief visits Japan's weather agency

Sri Lankan Disaster Management Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa (R) visits the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo on May 10, 2016. Sri Lanka was devastatingly hit by a huge tsunami that originated in a major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in 2004. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo