13 July 2022 01:24 pm
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Acting President in accordance with the Article 37.1 of the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane said today.
He said in a special statement that the President informed him that the Prime Minister was appointed as the Acting President as he was away from the country. (Ajith Siriwardana)