Xinhua News Agency, Colombo, July 11 (Reporter Che Hongliang) Sri Lankan Speaker Abe Wadena said on the 11th that the Sri Lankan parliament will elect a new president on the 20th of this month.
Abeywarden said in a statement that Sri Lankan party leaders held a meeting that day.
According to the decision reached at the meeting, the parliament will meet on the 15th of this month, accept the presidential nomination on the 19th, and elect a new president on the 20th.
The new president will be responsible for forming a government with all parties involved.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed Abeywardena on the 9th that he would resign on the 13th of this month.
Sri Lanka's Prime Minister's Office also issued a statement on the 9th saying that Prime Minister Wickremesinghe is willing to resign in order to facilitate the formation of a new government involving all parties.
Protests broke out in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, on the 9th.
That afternoon, Wickremesinghe called for an emergency party meeting to discuss the current situation and find a solution.
Leaders of most political parties demanded the immediate resignation of the president and prime minister and the formation of an interim government involving all parties as soon as possible.