The current situation in Sri Lanka-Parliament Ministers is resigning from their posts. List of ministers resigning
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe decided to resign from his post yesterday evening. The Prime Minister’s Media Unit says that the resignation will take place as per the decision taken by the party leaders. Meanwhile, all party leaders have informed that President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa should resign from office. They made this request at the party leaders’ meeting chaired by Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena. Rauf Hakeem, who attended the party leader’s meeting, said that after that, according to the constitution, the speaker will assume the duties of the temporary presidency. Mr Sudeva Hettiarachi Director General of Presidential Media has resigned Mr Sudeva Hettiarachi, Director General of Presidential Media, has resigned from that position. He has informed his resignation by sending a letter to the President’s Secretary Gamini Senarath. Mr Bandhula Gunawardena the Minister of Transport and Mass Media has resigned The Minister of Transport and Mass Media Mr Bandhula Gunawardena has resigned from the ministerial position. He said that he will work as an independent member of Parliament in the future. Mahinda Amaraweera Agriculture Minister has resigned Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera has decided to resign from his post. He mentions that he will leave the post of minister after officially receiving the stock of fertilizers brought to Sri Lanka under Indian loan assistance. Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara have resigned Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara have resigned from their ministerial posts.
Protesters entered the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last night and set it on fire, Was his sick wife inside the house?
Protesters also entered the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last night and set it on fire. Unofficial reports say that the Prime Minister’s wife was already in the house after her illness, but the Prime Minister was not in the house at that time. The security forces tried hard to prevent the protesters from entering the house, and several injured journalists were hospitalized.
People entered and took the power inside the Temple tree palace
The protestors have also surrounded the temple tree place building in Colombo and are holding protests after trying many times. They protested and forced the Prime Minister to resign. All the guards near the Temple Tree palace have been broken and the protestors are standing near the last gate for hours. Finally, It was reported that a group of people entered it and hoisted the national flag in the building.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to resign from his position
Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena says that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to resign from his position. Accordingly, the Speaker announced yesterday night in a press conference that the President will resign from his office on Wednesday, July 13th.
The current situation in Sri Lanka-Protesters had gained the power of the presidential palace
Protesters have broken all the police roadblocks on President Mawatha. Then, the protesters tried to break down the main gate of the Presidential Palace. Some climbed the wall. The security forces have fired in the air and sounded the alarm and tear gas is being fired. A group of protesters have entered the presidential palace. A large number of people have entered the Presidential Palace and it has become difficult for the security forces to control the situation.
Political Crisis in Sri Lanka-People are coming from all the directions to the Colombo protest, One person buys a ticket for the whole train
People are gathering from different parts of the country for today’s protest in Colombo. For the train running from Kandy to Colombo, one person had paid for the entire train. Although it was announced that the train could not come this morning, the station master managed to make it run on the insistence of the people participating in the protest. The police are firing tear gas and water cannons at a group of protesters demanding the resignation of the president. This attack is being carried out in the York Street, Chatham Street area of Colombo to disperse the protestors.
Political crisis in Sri Lanka – Nationwide protests against the president
Nationwide protests have been organized today to force President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down from his post. The main protest here is in front of the Presidential Secretariat at gall face ground. Along with the main protest in Colombo, these protests have been organized in many major cities across the country. Along with this protest, all rice shops have been shut down in many major cities across the country. Meanwhile, the police are firing tear gas at the protestors who are staying in the Galle mouth area near the presidential secretariat. The police launched this attack to disperse the protesters.
Political crisis in Sri Lanka- Government decided to close all the schools
The government has decided to close government schools and government approved private schools in the coming week as well. The Ministry of Education says that schools will reopen on July 18 according to the school calendar for the year 2022. This decision has been taken considering the prevailing situation in the country.
Economic and political crisis in Sri Lanka-Islandwide curfew removed
Inspector General of Police C.D. said that the police curfew imposed from 9:00 p.m. will be lifted today at 8:00 a.m. Mr. Wickramaratne informs. This curfew was imposed yesterday to cover all police jurisdictions of seven police divisions. However, the protest imposed by the Inter-University Student Union is still being held in the area near the President’s House.
The economic crisis in Sri Lanka- IOC petrol stations restrict fuel distribution to ‘Industrial Area’ only
Lanka Indian Oil Company has taken steps to limit the daily fuel distribution given the fuel shortage in the country. The managing director of the company, Manoj Gupta, has stated that the distribution of fuel from Sri Lanka IOC filling stations is limited to the ‘industrial sector’ only. He has said that this situation will continue till next Monday (11) and it is expected to start providing fuel to the vehicles that were previously issued fuel from Monday morning. At present, fuel distribution from Cipetco is completely stopped But Minister Kanchana said that a diesel ship is coming today. Both Cipetco and IOC petrol filling stations have stopped dispensing fuel to normal vehicles, so traffic has been hampered.