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The speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to resign as of Wednesday. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said in a televised statement Saturday that he informed Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will resign when all parties have agreed on a new government.
Sri Lanka's president and prime minister agreed to resign Saturday after the country's most chaotic day in months of political turmoil, with protesters storming both officials' homes and setting fire to one of the buildings in a rage over the nation's severe economic crisis.
The announcement by the Sri Lankan parliament’s speaker came during a day of unrest which also saw the Prime Minister say he would resign.
The homes of both officials were stormed by demonstrators in Colombo.