Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by Sri Lankan parliament

Colombo, Jul 20 (EFE).- Ranil Wickremesinghe has been elected president by the Sri Lankan parliament following a secret ballot on Wednesday, after former leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned last week while in exile. Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced that Wickremesinghe obtained 134 of the 225 votes polled for deciding the next head of state to …

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