Sri Lanka’s parliament will not convene on Friday as Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena is yet to receive President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation letter, the Speaker’s office said on Thursday. The next date for the meeting will be announced within the next three days if President Rajapaksa’s resignation letter is received by the Speaker, the office said.

On Monday, Abeywardena had announced that parliament will elect the new Sri Lankan President on July 20 following Rajapaksa’s resignation on July 13. But Rajapaksa, 73, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country without resigning as previously announced.

Abeywardena, who on Thursday, informed Rajapaksa that he should submit his letter of resignation as soon as possible or else he will consider other options to remove him from the office. Singapore on Thursday said it has allowed Rajapaksa to enter the city-state on a “private visit” from the Maldives and there was no request for asylum from him after he fled the country in the face of public revolt. Wickremesinghe on Wednesday urged the Speaker to appoint a consensus Prime Minister.