The continuing Sri Lanka’s economic hardship has led the people to protest against the government once again. Huge protesters gathered outside the president’s compound demanding his resignation, they had traveled from across the country to join the demonstration which went ahead despite the authorities attempting to impose a curfew. Troops fired into the air and used tear gas to hold the people back but they brock through the barricades it’s the latest demonstration caused by Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in a decade the country is suffering rampant inflation and struggling to import food fuel and medicine
Following the latest developments, Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned an emergency meeting of political party leaders to discuss the current situation. Sri Lanka facing a crippling shortage of foreign currency reserves yesterday the UN urged both the authorities and the protesters to show restraint and make sure the protest rally was peaceful
Sri Lankan Prime ministers house set a light flame fueled by protesters’ anger at economic mismanagement that’s left may suffering its become the norm now to see the people staying and sleeping in the vehicle to get fuel and that ranges from three to four days sometimes may be walked for hours to get the protest site. The President’s house was also stormed.
Sri Lanka down the first is authoritarianism the second is corruption and the third is ethnic chauvinism. Due to it foreign currencies dry hampering the import of food fuel and medicine and forcing the school to close.
Summery of the Sri Lanka Protest
At the beginning of April, angry protests prompted a state of emergency twelve days later government could not pay its foreign debt for the first time in its history. On 9 may prime minister Mahindra Rajapaksa resigned On June 10 UN warned of a humanitarian emergency than on July 9 president’s home was stormed. 13 th of July president resigned
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