COLOMBO, July  15, 2022 (BSS/AFP) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil
Wickremesinghe was sworn in Friday as acting president, his office said,
replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore following months of protest
against him.
       
Wickremesinghe, 73, took his oath of office before chief justice Jayantha
Jayasuriya, Wickremesinghe's office said in a brief statement.