Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president's residence and office.

The prime minister’s spokesman, Dinouk Colambage, said Wickremesinghe told party leaders that he will resign when all parties have agreed on forming a new government.

“No fake discussions. The President and the Prime Minister must resign immediately,” leader of the opposition Sajith Premadasa said in a statement.

Sri Lanka’s leader of opposition said that as the people are demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the current Prime Minister, the United People’s Power has decided to not participate in the emergency Party Leaders meeting, called by Ranil Wickremesinghe.

He also claimed that Wickremesinghe is holding the office of Prime Minister illegally.

“It should be noted that when the Rajapaksas who were hiding in the midst of the people’s opposition were brought back to the political arena and secured, the one who betrayed the struggle is the current Prime Minister and he is also the defendant in this crisis,” the statement reads.

"We are not going to engage in empty discussions like closing the stable after the horse has run away when the end of the anti-democratic government is now in sight," the statement added.

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