Sri Lanka to get new president next week amid political and economic meltdown

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's parliament will elect a new president on Jul 20, its speaker said on Monday (Jul 11), after protesters stormed the residences of the current president and prime

of the current president and prime minister, who have both offered to quit amid an economic meltdown.

Parliament will reconvene on Friday and will vote to elect a new president five days later, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said in a statement.

 

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