PM denies resignation speculation
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Dinesh Gunewardena is not resigning, his media secretary said responding to media reports.
“There is no truth whatsoever in the media reports that Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena would resign,” the statement said, adding, “Furthermore there has not been any request or pressure from any quarters for the Prime Minister to resign.”
There had been speculation that former president Mahinda Rajapaksa would be made prime minister, sometime in 2023.
Local media, quoting a legislator from Rajapaksa’s Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna said a request had been made by the party to appoint the former president as the PM.
Local government elections due on March 9 had been postponed after funding to the agency was squeezed.
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