CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: –If the President resigns, the Vice-President informs the Speaker of Lok Sabha about the President’s resignation. In draft article 45, 1948, it was mentioned the President may hand over his resignation to the Vice-President and the Speaker of Lok Sabha.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Wickremesinghe was declared the winner, it was widely expected that the 2022 Sri Lankan protests would resume, as protestors had been demanding his resignation as Prime Minister. The day after his victory, Wickremesinghe appointed SLPFA MP Dinesh Gunawardena as Prime Minister.

Detailed explanation-3: -’Struggle’), are mass protests that began in March 2022 against the government of Sri Lanka. The government has been criticized for mismanaging the Sri Lankan economy, which led to a subsequent economic crisis involving severe inflation, daily blackouts, a shortage of fuel, domestic gas, and other essential goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Sri Lankan economic crisis is an ongoing crisis in the island country of Sri Lanka that started in 2019. It is the country’s worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948.