Sri Lanka prime minister to resign: government sources

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Sri Lanka's ousted PM Wickremesinghe looks on during a parliament session in Colombo
FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka’s ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on during a parliament session in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

November 20, 2019

By Shihar Aneez

COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will announce on Wednesday he is stepping down after his party’s candidate lost in a presidential election over the weekend, two government sources said.

“He will make a statement later today and he will step down tomorrow,” one of the sources told Reuters.

The sources asked not to be named as they were not cleared to discuss the matter publicly.

(Reporting by Shihar Aneez; Editing by Alexandra Ulmer)

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