Gotabaya Rajapaksa to be sworn-in as the 7th President of Sri Lanka today

COLOMBO (News 1st) - The winner of the 2019 Presidential Election, SLPP's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, will be sworn in as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka today (November 18). The swearing-in ceremony is to be held at the Ruwanweli Seya in Anuradhapura at 11:00 am. Gotabaya Rajapaksa claimed the presidency with a comfortable 52.25% majority, winning 6,924,255 votes. Gotabaya Rajapaksa secured a margin of 1,360,016 votes over his closest rival Sajith Premadasa.