COLOMBO, Jul 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Election Commission announced today that, the country’s presidential election will be held on Sept 21.
The Election Commission also announced Aug 15, as the date of nomination of candidates for the election of the president, according to the gazette notification, issued in this regard.
The term of the president expires on Nov 17, this year, and the poll for the election of the president shall be taken not less than one month and not more than two months before the expiration of the term of the incumbent president, as stipulated in the constitution, according to the Election Commission.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who won the presidential election in Nov, 2019, resigned from the post in Jul, 2022, amid a severe economic crisis in the country.
Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as president in an election held in parliament, following Rajapaksa’s resignation.– NNN-XINHUA
