Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid violent clashes over financial disaster

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from his publish on Monday. This comes after violent clashes erupted in Colombo over the financial disaster within the nation.

Mahinda Rajapaksa (Photo: AP)

Amid the worst financial disaster the nation has seen since independence, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned from his publish on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s well being minister Prof Channa Jayasumana has additionally handed over his letter of resignation to the President.

Until now, the Rajapaksa brothers – President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa – had defied calls for his or her resignation whilst unrest and protests towards the federal government intensified.

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation letter

MONDAY VIOLENCE

On Monday, following reviews that Mahinda Rajapaksa might supply to step down as prime minister, a violent conflict erupted exterior President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s workplace.

Pro-government teams attacked protesters and greater than 20 folks had been injured within the ensuing violence. The authorities then imposed a nationwide curfew and deployed military troops within the capital.

Mahinda Rajapaksa took to Twitter to induce residents to train restraint. He wrote, “I urge our general public to exercise restraint and remember that violence only begets violence. The economic crisis we’re in needs an economic solution which this administration is committed to resolving.”

While feelings are working excessive in #lka, I urge our normal public to train restraint & keep in mind that violence solely begets violence. The financial disaster we’re in wants an financial resolution which this administration is dedicated to resolving.

— Mahinda Rajapaksa (@PresRajapaksa) May 9, 2022

On Friday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had declared a state of emergency within the nation. It was the second time that emergency was declared in Sri Lanka in simply over a month.

ECONOMIC CRISIS

For about one month now, Sri Lanka has been dealing with acute shortages of gasoline, medicines and electrical energy provide. Additionally, costs of important commodities have skyrocketed.

The disaster has been triggered partially by a scarcity of international forex, which has meant that the nation can not afford to pay for imports of staple meals and gasoline.

Thousands of demonstrators have hit the streets throughout Sri Lanka since April 9.

(With inputs from PTI)