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Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
3 months ago

Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change

Associated Press  

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee the country. Days after Rajapaksa fled the country, Sri Lanka’s parliament replaced him with then-prime minister Ranil Wickremensignhe in a vote that many protesters saw as a victory for the status quo. Pathum Kerner, a 42-year-old physician …

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Sri Lanka has a new president after driving out ‘evil’ Gota, but its rot goes deeper and further than any leader or clan
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka has a new president after driving out ‘evil’ Gota, but its rot goes deeper and further than any leader or clan

Firstpost  

Sri Lankan crisis is also a cautionary tale for climate activists who have taken the green pill and want human race to turn back the clock to an idyllic past Rajapaksa clan’s ouster, culminating in Gotabaya’s escape to Singapore and resignation as Sri Lankan president, is a political marker. Cumulatively, as a Chatham House paper indicates, “investment in Sri Lanka …

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What Do Popular Protests in Sri Lanka Amid Crisis Mean for the Future?
2 years, 5 months ago

What Do Popular Protests in Sri Lanka Amid Crisis Mean for the Future?

News 18  

There is no parallel in the South Asian region to what happened in Sri Lanka over the weekend even if nations like Pakistan and Bangladesh had experienced prolonged popular protests, egged on by the political Opposition, against the government leadership of the day. On Saturday, 9 July 2022, exactly 60 days after the people’s ‘struggle’, or ‘Aragalaya’ in Sinhala, had …

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Sri Lanka protests | Backstories at Colombo’s Galle Face seafront
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka protests | Backstories at Colombo’s Galle Face seafront

The Hindu  

Covering Sri Lanka’s ongoing protests at Galle Face, Colombo’s charming seafront, exposes me to a lot about this crucial moment in crisis-hit Sri Lanka — the changing dynamics of the struggle, the varied demands coming out of it, the diverse participants and their shared resolve, and the leadership’s stubbornness that is imperilling the country’s economic and political future. “They were …

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Unrest grows in Sri Lanka, despite Prime Minister Rajapaksa's resignation over economic crisis
2 years, 7 months ago

Unrest grows in Sri Lanka, despite Prime Minister Rajapaksa's resignation over economic crisis

ABC  

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister has resigned to make way for a unity government that would try to find a way out of the country's worst economic crisis in history, but protesters say they also want his brother to stand down as President. Key points: Protesters are calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, known as Gota Government politician Amarakeerthi …

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Sri Lanka: How interim government may be the best way out for stability, continuity and fiscal management
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka: How interim government may be the best way out for stability, continuity and fiscal management

Firstpost  

The weekend protests across the nation, purportedly launched as a people’s movement but had the unveiled support and organisational inputs of the Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya, may have been the best thing that could have happened to Sri Lanka, caught in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, snowballing into a political stalemate. The list included all three of Gota’s …

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Opposition reject Gotabaya call to join cabinet amid crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

Opposition reject Gotabaya call to join cabinet amid crisis

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday invited all parties in Parliament to work with him to jointly address the country’s spiralling crisis, even as citizens’ protests calling for his resignation escalated across the country. Mr. Rajapaksa’s outreach comes a day after en-masse resignations in Sri Lanka’s Cabinet, amidst escalating anti-government protests in the wake of a worsening economic downturn, …

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Sri Lanka president drops brother as FM amid protests over crisis
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka president drops brother as FM amid protests over crisis

Al Jazeera  

Ali Sabry to be the new finance minister, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s brother Basil as cracks emerge in ruling coalition. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has dropped his brother as finance minister after calling for a unity government as protests against an economic crisis persist and cracks emerge in the ruling coalition. Call for unity gov’t Earlier on Monday, the Sri …

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