Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was sworn in Friday as acting president.
His office said, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore following months of protest against him.
Primerosenews reports that Mr Rajapaksa, who was expected to resign on Wednesday, had fled Sri Lanka first to the Maldives and then to Singapore from where he sent his resignation letter via email to the parliament speaker on Thursday.
Wickremesinghe, 73, took his oath of office before chief justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, Wickremesinghe’s office said in a brief statement.
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