Sri Lanka Crisis Live News Updates: Newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe says Sri Lanka in a very difficult situation, big challenges ahead
Sri Lanka Crisis Live: Sri Lanka Parliament Wednesday chose the president while Ranil Wickremesinghe as the next president of a crisis country. He won 134 out of a total of 219 votes found valid. Following his victory, Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka was in a very difficult situation and that there was a big challenge ahead, a Reuters report said.
Another candidate in Fray was a member of the Parliament in power Dullas Alahappertum, and the leader of the left party Janatha Vimukti Peamuna Anura Kumara Disanayaka. The increase in wickremesinghe towards extraordinary power. He ran unsuccessful for the president twice before but got enough votes among parliament members even though he only controlled one seat – as the leader of the United National Party (UNP), reporting Reuters.
Meanwhile, India has said that they will continue to support the search for the people of Sri Lanka for economic stability and recovery, through democratic means and values, established democratic institutions and constitutional frameworks. The statement by the Indian High Commission in Colombo came for hours after the Sri Lanka Parliament chose Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country and resigned after a popular rebellion against his government because of wrong directing the economy. Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay said India would help Sri Lanka to conduct “early and effective” economic recovery.
Sri Lanka Crisis Live: Sri Lanka Parliament Wednesday chose the president while Ranil Wickremesinghe as the next president of a crisis country. He won 134 out of a total of 219 votes found valid. Following his victory, Wickremesinghe said that Sri Lanka was in a very difficult situation and that there was a big challenge ahead, a Reuters report said.
Another candidate in Fray was a member of the Parliament in power Dullas Alahappertum, and the leader of the left party Janatha Vimukti Peamuna Anura Kumara Disanayaka. The increase in wickremesinghe towards extraordinary power. He ran unsuccessful for the president twice before but got enough votes among parliament members even though he only controlled one seat – as the leader of the United National Party (UNP), reporting Reuters.
Meanwhile, India has said that they will continue to support the search for the people of Sri Lanka for economic stability and recovery, through democratic means and values, established democratic institutions and constitutional frameworks. The statement by the Indian High Commission in Colombo came for hours after the Sri Lanka Parliament chose Ranil Wickremesinghe as the new president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled the country and resigned after a popular rebellion against his government because of wrong directing the economy. Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay said India would help Sri Lanka to conduct “early and effective” economic recovery.
But the mention of debt and fiscal conditions of countries such as Telangana and Andhra Pradesh during the presentation by the government triggered aggressive protests from opposition leaders, who asked the government to limit briefings and discussions about the crisis in Lanka.
During the meeting, Jaisankar said India, as the closest neighbor, naturally worried about the “very serious crisis” in the island countries. “The reason we take the initiative to ask all of you to join the meeting of all parties is … this is a very serious crisis and what we see in Sri Lanka in many ways is an unprecedented situation … remembering its closeness, Naturally we are worried about the consequences, the abundance that it has for us, “he said.