Parliament elects Ranil Wickremesinghe as Succeeding President of Sri Lanka

Parliament on Wednesday elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Succeeding President by the votes of the Members of Parliament. Accordingly, Ranil Wickremesinghe received 134 votes, Dullas Alahapperuma received 82 votes and Anura Kumara Dissanayake received 3 votes. The names of three Members of Parliament were proposed and seconded in the Parliament yesterday (19) for the vacancy […]