The candidates will be nominated on Tuesday and if there are more than one, a vote will be taken in parliament. The new president will rule the country for the time being after the resignation of office and the departure of former head of state Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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The Parliament of Sri Lanka this Saturday presented the process for the selection of the next presidentwho will rule the country for the time being after the resignation of office and the departure of former head of state Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The task is in the hands of the political parties, who must make agreements as quickly as possible that closure of the institutional crisis which was unleashed on the nation with the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Parliament will meet again next Tuesday at 10.00 (4.30 GMT) for the nomination of candidates for president of the island nation, Parliament Secretary-General Dhammika Dassanayake told the House.
The nominees must be present in parliament and the nominations will not be debated. The final vote if there is more than one candidate It will be implemented next Wednesday by the 225 lawmakers who make up the legislature.
In the event that the name of only one parliamentarian is presented, that same Tuesday, July 19, “I will announce that” that parliamentarian has been elected to fill the vacant seat of president,” added Dassanayake.
Conflicts between political leaders
With protests marking a truce on the formation of a new government, next week will hit the parties’ ability to reach agreements and resolve conflicts between political leaders and their aspirations for power.
The opponent Sajith Premadasa has announced that he will be measured in the matchmaking this a second chance for the politician to compete for the presidency after finishing second in 2019 after Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory.
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Source: EITB
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