Urgent: Sri Lanka’s ruling party to nominate interim president for presidency

COLOMBO, July 15– Sri Lanka’s ruling party on Friday said they would nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the presidency when parliament elects a new president on July 20.

COLOMBO, July 15 (Xinhua) — Sri Lanka’s ruling party on Friday said they would nominate interim President Ranil Wickremesinghe to the presidency when parliament elects a new president on July 20.

General Secretary of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Sagara Kariyawasam said in a statement that the SLPP would nominate Wickremesinghe and support him during the vote. Enditem