“This is an internal matter.

We wish the speedy restoration of order within the framework of the constitutional process, ”RIA Novosti reports.

As AFP previously reported, protesters in Sri Lanka surrounded and took control of the residence of President Gotabai Rajapaksa, the head of state was forced to leave it.

Also, the head of the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress party said that the speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament will become the new president of the country.

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe announced his intention to leave his post.