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  • Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath as President of Sri Lanka

    Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath because the 9th President of Sri Lanka on Thursday, July 21.

    Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath because the 9th President of Sri Lanka. (Photograph: ANI)

    Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath because the President of Sri Lanka on Thursday, July 21. Ranil Wickremesinghe changed into Sri Lanka’s 9th President after successful the Presidential ballot on Wednesday, July 20. He raked in 134 votes.

    #WATCH Ranil Wickremesinghe takes oath because the President of Sri Lanka percent.twitter.com/xo0txXR0ct

    — ANI (@ANI) July 21, 2022

    Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed the President’s chair amid large protests in opposition to him. Previous, his personal place of dwelling used to be set on fireplace and his legitimate place of dwelling, when he used to be the High Minister, used to be stormed by way of protesters, who demanded that he step down.

    Proper after successful the election on Wednesday, he addressed the speaker and sought permission from the Speaker to take oath out of doors the Parliament chamber inside the Parliament advanced. He confident the Opposition that he would paintings with all events to bail Sri Lanka out of the exceptional financial disaster.

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