Party leaders decide the date of electing a new President

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The party leaders have decided a date of implementing the mechanism of electing a new President via Parliament upon the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa tomorrow (13).

Accordingly, Parliament will be convened on Friday (15) to inform that the President has resigned and the nominations will be called in, as it is practice to convene Parliament to inform a President’s resignation within three days.

The nominations will be accepted on July 18 and a vote will be called in on July 20 to elect a new President, the party leaders concluded at the special party leaders’ meeting in the Parliamentary premises yesterday (11).

MIAP

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