In the face of protests, the President of Sri Lanka Gotabata Rajapaksa has reportedly left the country, as president, he has a huge power as president, the question has arisen, who will hold the president's power now in the absence of Gotabata?
Gotabata had a lot of executive powers as president, and was also the commander-in-chief of the country's military, according to the constitution, Prime Minister Ranil Vikramar Singh. The President should take over because he is considered the President of the Parliament.
Constitutional experts say the country's Speaker Mahinda Etapa Awadernao can take over the caretaker president, although there are many doubts about whether people will accept Rajapaksa's associate speaker as president or not.
