Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe has just been appointed Acting President, according to the parliament's speaker, APA reports citing BBC.
That official says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa informed him of the appointment under Article 37.1 of Sri Lanka's constitution. However there remains no direct word from Rajapaksa himself.
All announcements in recent days have come from the parliament speaker and the prime minister's office.