Sri Lankan parliament accepts Rajapaksa’s resignation, acting president sworn in

Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told reporters on Friday that Gotabaya Rajapaksa tendered his resignation as the Sri Lankan President late Thursday night and now the process would start to appoint a new president.
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[@peace5655]

Non-performing employee are normally ask to go, so no privilege for officials or head of state since failed as a civil servant of the people.

[@sps6]

Country is burning and do sri lankan needs 7 days to elect a president?..why things go snail pace?

[@blackmatterlives9865]

Democracy takes time. The majority has to decide which politicians are actually going to help Sri Lanka. At a time when so many are corrupt, this is impossible to do quickly. The infrastructure for everyone to vote has to be installed. You have to keep eye on the people responsible for said infrastructure. Make sure they don't have an agenda. You vote the wrong people in, and your back where you started. Then they say, "well that's who the people elected" This is the drawbacks of many violet protest. Look at French Revolution.

[@dil2370]

Its about appointing the right person to run the country, its not a race!