COLOMBO: The all-party meeting has demanded the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. The meeting also proposed that the Speaker should assume the post of interim president. The proposal was made at an emergency meeting in Colombo. The parties, including the opposition, held the emergency meeting under the chairmanship of the Speaker and demanded the resignation of the President.

At the same time, some reports claimed that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe had said that he was ready to hand over power to an all-party government.