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Colombo: Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim President on Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Rajapaksa had resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse forced him from office.
Sri Lanka: PM #RanilWickremesinghe sworn in as interim President until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests. Wickremesinghe was acting president since Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/SYOFSOidOG
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Wickremesinghe was acting President since Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday. (with Agency inputs)