Sri Lanka's Deputy Parliament Speaker Siyambalapitiya resigns

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka's Deputy Parliament Speaker Ranjith Siyambalapitiya has stepped down.

In a letter to the President, Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said he decided to resign from the position following a decision made by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party Parliamentary Group to remain independent.

The SLFP, a party that forms the ruling coalition, quit the government on Monday (4).