Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially informs PM’s office as demonstrators continue to occupy official residences
Sri Lanka’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign, Wickremesinghe’s office said, the most formal confirmation yet that he intends to step, probably this week.
President Rajapaksa, who has been facing pressure to resign for months as Sri Lanka struggles through its worst economic crisis on record, had signalled over the weekend his intention to resign on 13 July but has not addressed the public or submitted a resignation letter.
