Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa will accept the Prime Minister's position only if President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns, Samagi Jana Balawegaya MP Lakshman Kiriella said today.
Mr Kiriella told a news conference that further discussions on the issue was currently underway.
His remarks came as Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is set to have consultations with party leaders today evening.
Initially the meeting where the party leaders were due to meet the Speaker in Parliament for today was called off on grounds that the MPs lack security, but thereafter the Speaker's office said that the meeting will be held via Zoom.
Meanwhile the countrywide curfew extended until tomorrow 7.00 a.m. continues with the armed forces enforcing the curfew.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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