Sri Lankan PM resigns after election of new president
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena submitted his resignation following Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s election as the country’s new president on Monday morning.
In his resignation letter, Mr Gunawardena stated that, with the election of Dissanayake as the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka, he was stepping down in accordance with the country’s constitution.
Mr Gunawardena congratulated Mr Dissanayake following his victory in the election.
“I respectfully congratulate you on being elected as the ninth executive president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the presidential election held on September 21, 2024.
“I hope that you would be able to provide welfare to the people by continuing the work we have done to recover and lift the country and the countrymen from the difficult and challenging situation the country faced,” he said.
(Xinhua/NAN)
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