President to address the nation

(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is scheduled to address the nation and make a special statement, the President’s Spokesperson Kingsley Rathnayaka said.

ජනාධිපතිතුමා ජාතිය අමතා විශේෂ ප්‍රකාශයක් සිදුකිරීමට නියමිතයි. දිනය සහ වේලාව ඉදිරියේදී දැනුම් දෙනු ලැබේ.#PresidentsSpeech #Colombo

— Kingsly Rathnayaka (@KingslyRathnyka) August 20, 2021

The focus of the address is likely to be on the economic and prevailing pandemic situation of the country.