Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests
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Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister have both agreed to resign after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting
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Sri Lanka’s prime minister agreed to resign on Saturday after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office in a fury over a worsening economic crisis.
With protests intensifying in Sri Lanka and calls within Parliament for the president and prime minister to step down, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was appointed in May, has agreed to resign.
Sri Lanka’s president and prime minister have both agreed to resign after the country’s most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials’ homes and setting
Sri Lanka’s prime minister has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will leave his post, after crowds stormed his official residence. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also agreed to resign, with protesters also breaching his home and setting it on fire.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president's residence and office.
In our news wrap Saturday, Sri Lanka's president and prime minister will resign after widespread protests in Colombo over the country's economic collapse, investigators in Japan say the man suspected of killing Shinzo Abe believed the former prime minister was linked to a religious cult, and U.S.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will resign after thousands of protesters stormed the president's house amid the country's economic struggles.
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will leave his post after crowds stormed his official residence. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has also agreed to resign after protesters breached his home and set it on fire.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly fled as crowds broke through a police cordon. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe agreed to resign, with protesters also breaching his residence and setting it on fire.
“Therefore there is no need for further disturbances in the country and I urge everyone for the sake of the country to maintain peace to enable a smooth transition.”
The prime minister’s spokesperson, Dinouk Colambage, said Wickremesinghe told party leaders that he will resign when all parties have agreed on forming a new government.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is set to step down after protesters stormed his official residence. Protesters also breached the prime minister's home and set it on fire as discontent with the government grew.
Pressure on both grew as the economic meltdown set off acute shortages of essential items, leaving people struggling to buy food, fuel and other necessities.
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was preparing Sunday to finally give up power after he fled from protesters who stormed his home, forcing him to announce his resignation.
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