COLOMBO (News 1st); Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the Acting President in the presence of Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya.

Wickremesinghe was appointed as the Acting President, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

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