“President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still in the country, I made a mistake in the (BBC) interview” Speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena told Indian News Agency ANI in a telephone call.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena yesterday told the BBC that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the island, he is in a nearby country and that he will be back in the country by Wednesday.
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena tells BBC that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left the island, he is in a near by country and that he will be back in the country by Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/HfZUJw6mNB
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