Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Resign: The period of unrest in Sri Lanka, which is facing economic crisis, insurgency and demonstrations, is not going to stop. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who pushed India’s neighbor into this situation, has finally resigned. Earlier, he had spoken of resigning on July 13. However, he announced his resignation today.
Arrived in Singapore after resigning
It is reported that he has reached Singapore after resigning. Presently acting president Ranil Wickramasinghe has declared emergency. Here the army and the police have been given a free hand to deal with the insurgent demonstrations. In such a situation there is little chance of restoring peace in Sri Lanka. On the other hand, those in power in the country have completely rejected the demands of the Go Gota Go protesters.
Opponents do not want to see either Rajapaksa or Wickremesinghe in power again. Sri Lanka is an excellent example of the intoxication of arrogance of power and its dangerous consequences. Find out here how the situation here got worse and worse.
From the beginning of 2022, the situation began to deteriorate
The current crisis in Sri Lanka, a country of 2.2 million people, did not arise immediately. The situation here started to deteriorate only after the Kovid epidemic. The country’s foreign exchange reserves continued to decline. The situation has become such that the country lacks foreign exchange even to import medicines and fuel.
In May, a loan of 7 780 million was stuck in Sri Lanka’s throat. He demanded a bailout of about $ 3.5 billion from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and blamed the people for the baseless decisions of the authorities.
Today, people have taken to the streets, occupying the Rashtrapati Bhavan and sometimes setting fire to the PM’s residence, seeking answers to their problems. Democracy has not spared the country’s TV channels either. Army-police, air fire, tear gas and helicopters and emergency were the only options left to monitor the public in government buses.
