Sri Lanka Crisis Live News Updates: Voting begins in Parliament to elect next President; Mahinda Rajapaksa in House to cast vote

The Sri Lankan Parliament is voting to elect the next President of the crisis-hit country Wednesday after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigned and fled the country following widespread protests last week. Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe, ruling-party lawmaker Dullas Alahapperuma, and leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukti Peramuna party Anura Kumara Dissanayaka are the candidates in the fray. Mahinda Rajapaksa is in the House to cast his vote.