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Sri Lanka PM Wickremesinghe says willing to resign to make way for all-party govt: Statement

Published: 09 Jul 2022 - 03:50 pm | Last Updated: 09 Jul 2022 - 03:53 pm
Demonstrators protest inside the President's House premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 9, 2022. (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

Demonstrators protest inside the President's House premises, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 9, 2022. (REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte)

Reuters

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is willing to resign to make way for an all-party governtment, his office said in a statement on Saturday. The statement follows intensifying anti-government protests that saw President Gotabaya Rajapaksa evacuated before protestors stormed his residence on Saturday.