10 minutes agoProtesters from Sri Lanka set the prime minister's house on fire
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)Protesters in Sri Lanka have entered the prime minister's private residence and set him on fire, hours after he said he would resign for the country's deepening economic crisis, writes Sky Nese, as Pryskopi follows. Both the president and the prime minister of Sri Lanka have resigned after protesters attacked the government district in [...]
Both the president and Sri Lanka's prime minister have resigned after protesters attacked the government's district in Columbus for the worst economic crisis that has ever hit Sri Lanka, writes Sky Nesa following Periscope.
Rajapapasa appointed Wickreminghe as prime minister in May in hopes that the politician would use diplomacy and his contacts to revive a ruined economy. But people's patience waned after the lack of fuel, medicine, and gas only increased, and oil reserves ran out.
Many protesters accuse Eickreminghe of trying to save Rajapaxa when pressured to resign, as each other member of his powerful political dynasty had left the cabinet.
Sri Lanka's economy is in a state of collapse, relying on assistance from India and other countries, while its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.
The riots have led to months of protests, which have almost dismantled the Rajapapasa political dynasty that has dominated Sri Lanka for the last couple of decades. / P ERISCOPIA
