The ruling party Sri Lanka chose Prime Minister Wickremesinghe as the candidate for the presidential chair, causing the protesters to protest.

We decided to support Mr. Ranil Wickremesinghe as the presidential candidate of the Party, Sagara Kariyawasam, General Secretary of the People's Front of Sri Lanka (SLPP) on July 16.

Wickremesinghe, 73, held as Prime Minister Sri Lanka before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ran to Singapore and sent an email to resign.

According to Luan Hannah Ellis Petersen of Guardian, with the majority of SLPP in the National Assembly, Mr. Wickremensinghe is likely to become the new President Sri Lanka.

This announcement encountered the wrathful reaction of the protest in Colombo.

The protesters rushed into the Prime Minister's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 13, asking Ranil Wickremesinghe to resign, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

The public's anger for Wickremesinghe is very clear, from his impulsive residence to the prime minister's office being occupied by protesters on July 13.

Wickremesinghe, who had five prime ministers who failed earlier, should withdraw because he protected this corruption system, Father Jeevantha Peiris, a leader of the protest movement.

Since July 15, the protesters in the center of Colombo have changed the slogan from Gota Go Gama (Gota left) to Ranil Go Gama (Ranil left).

The fact that Wickremesinghe replaces Rajapaksa is not the change we want, but may be scary in the future, Mithsandi Seveviratne, a 21 -year -old protest.

The fact that Mr. Wickremesinghe elected the president even caused a division within the SLPP Party.

During the vote on July 20, Wickremesinghe would have to compete with Sajith Premadasa, a presidential candidate nominated by the opposition, and Dullas Alahapperuma, a senior militarist of the ruling party.

The protests broke out on the streets of Sri Lanka many months ago, asking the government to resolve the economic crisis, before climbing on July 9, causing Mr. Rajapaksa to declare resignation and run abroad.

Prime Minister Sri Lanka Wickremesinghe was sworn in the president, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who ran away from the country.

President Sri Lanka issued an emergency from the beginning of April but could not stop the wave of protests, causing him for more than three months later to run abroad and resign.