Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, confirms PM Ranil Wickremesinghe



Under the Sri Lankan Constitution, if both president and prime minister resign, the Speaker of Parliament will serve as acting president for a maximum of 30 days. Meanwhile, parliament will elect a new president within 30 days from one of its members, who will hold the office for the remaining two years of the current term.