Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker

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  Sri Lanka President, Who Fled Amid Massive Protests, Resigns: 10 Points

  Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned after landing in Singapore since he fled the island nation. People in Colombo burst firecrackers on hearing he has resigned. The parliament Speaker has confirmed he has got the resignation letter.

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  Lanka President Called, Said He'll Send Resignation Later Today: Speaker

  Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, telephoned the speaker of parliament saying that his resignation letter will be sent later in the day.

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  Parliament To Elect New Sri Lankan President On July 20, Says Speaker

  Sri Lanka Crisis: The Sri Lankan Parliament will elect the new president to succeed Gotabaya Rajapaksa on July 20, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced on Monday.

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  Amid Emergency, Sri Lankan President Told To Summon Parliament Immediately

  Sri Lanka's Parliament speaker requested President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to summon the house immediately amid unprecedented violence and economic crisis. There are provisions for the Speaker to summon the House just to discuss the present crisis only.

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  No Functioning PM Or Cabinet As Sri Lanka Grinds To A Political Halt

  Sri Lanka appeared to have ground to a political halt on Thursday with the Speaker of parliament saying there was no functioning prime minister or cabinet after Wednesday's no-confidence vote.

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  Prove Mahinda Rajapaksa's Majority In Floor Test: Sri Lanka Speaker

  Sri Lankan Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said Wednesday he wanted a floor test in parliament to resolve the issue of two prime ministers in the country which arose following the sacking of Ranil Wickremesinghe and replacing him with Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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  Sri Lankan Speaker Defies President, Calls Parliament Meeting Next Week

  Sri Lanka's parliament speaker on Friday defied a suspension order by the country's president and called a meeting of lawmakers next week to discuss a worsening constitutional crisis.

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  Sri Lankan Parliament May Reconvene After Top Judge Snubs PM's Sacking

  Maithripala Sirisena is likely to agree to reconvene Sri Lankan parliament next week, Speaker Karu Jayasuriya's office said today, amid indications that a compromise is being worked out to avoid a showdown between the president and ousted premier Ranil Wickremesinghe.

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  Sri Lankan Speaker Warns Of Bloodbath Due To Constitutional Crisis

  Sri Lanka's parliament speaker on Tuesday stepped up his warnings to the country's president that unrest could erupt unless lawmakers are allowed to choose between two rival prime ministers.

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  Sri Lanka Crisis Can Turn Into Bloodbath, Says Parliament Speaker

  Sri Lankan parliament speaker Karu Jayasuriya warned Monday that the country's political crisis could turn into a "bloodbath" unless lawmakers were allowed to resolve a power struggle between the president and his ousted premier.

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  Ousted Sri Lanka Prime Minister Seeks Emergency Parliament Session

  Sacked Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday demanded the parliament speaker call an emergency session so he can prove his majority, officials said.

• Sri Lankan delegates heckled in Parliament

  AIADMK members in the Lok Sabha Monday shouted slogans to protest the presence of Sri Lankan delegates, led by Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, who were in the house as special foreign guests.

• Sri Lankan party for parliament debate on 'Indian intervention'

  Ahead of Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's visit to Colombo to discuss India's ",grave concern", over the military campaign against Tamil Tigers, a radical Sri Lankan party on Sunday called for a parliamentary debate on the perceived ",Indian intervention", in the island nation. Wimal Weerawansa, leader of the newly formed Nation...