Amid the nationwide protests in Sri Lanka, the leaders of the majority parties who met on Saturday evening, decided to appoint Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena as the temporary President until an all-party government is formed, news agency IANS reported.
As the agitation against the economic woes in the island nation intensified, angry protestors stormed the official residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe and set it on fire, according to reports.
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