Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana said in a release that the constitutional procedure of appointing a new President will start now.
Sri Lanka's opposition called Wickremsinghe's appointment illegal as he was appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he fled to Maldives’ capital city Male along with his wife and two staffers.
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