China News Service, July 14. According to Reuters, on the 13th local time, Sri Lanka's acting President and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said that he had asked the Speaker to nominate a new prime minister.
Data map: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe.
"Prime Minister and Acting President Wickremesinghe has informed Speaker Abeywarden to nominate a prime minister acceptable to both the government and the opposition," Wickremesinghe's media team reportedly said in a statement.
In recent days, large-scale protests have occurred in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.
On the 13th, Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa left the country, and then Sri Lanka entered a state of emergency, and many places implemented an indefinite curfew. Prime Minister Wickremesinghe was appointed as the acting president.