Colombo: The 36-hour curfew imposed in Sri Lanka on Saturday evening was lifted at 6 am on Monday, but the state of emergency still remains in the country.
Curfew was imposed from 6 pm on Saturday in accordance with the powers vested in the President under the provisions of the Public Safety Ordinance after protests outside the President’s residence. Gotabaya Rajapakse Because the country is facing the worst economic crisis since independence.
Namal Rajapaksa, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of Sri Lanka and son of the Prime Minister Mahinda RajapakseHas resigned from all his departments.
“I have informed the President about my resignation from all departments with immediate effect to the Secretary, hope this may aid the decision of His Excellency and the Prime Minister to establish stability for the people and the government of #LKA I am committed to my voters, my party and the people of #HambanThota,” Namal Rajapakse Said in a tweet.
Amid growing public outcry against the government over the country’s economic crisis, the 26-member Sri Lankan cabinet submitted letters of resignation but not to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
According to the report of the English-language newspaper Daily Mirror, all of them have signed a general letter, in which their consent to resign has paved the way for the formation of a new cabinet.
Confirming the development, MP Dinesh Gunavardhan said that Mahinda Rajapaksa will continue to work and all other cabinet members have resigned to the prime minister, News Wire reported.
The country is facing opposition from the government over its handling of the worst economic crisis in decades. Sri Lanka’s economy has been on the decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, with the tourism sector crashing.
Sri Lanka is currently facing a shortage of foreign exchange which has led to shortage of food, fuel, electricity and gas and has sought the help of friendly countries for economic assistance.
Despite the lifting of the curfew, the country is still under a state of emergency. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 1 April issued a gazette notification imposing a state of emergency in the country, saying it was to ensure “public safety and the maintenance of public order”.
Curfew was imposed from 6 pm on Saturday in accordance with the powers vested in the President under the provisions of the Public Safety Ordinance after protests outside the President’s residence. Gotabaya Rajapakse Because the country is facing the worst economic crisis since independence.
Namal Rajapaksa, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs of Sri Lanka and son of the Prime Minister Mahinda RajapakseHas resigned from all his departments.
“I have informed the President about my resignation from all departments with immediate effect to the Secretary, hope this may aid the decision of His Excellency and the Prime Minister to establish stability for the people and the government of #LKA I am committed to my voters, my party and the people of #HambanThota,” Namal Rajapakse Said in a tweet.
Amid growing public outcry against the government over the country’s economic crisis, the 26-member Sri Lankan cabinet submitted letters of resignation but not to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
According to the report of the English-language newspaper Daily Mirror, all of them have signed a general letter, in which their consent to resign has paved the way for the formation of a new cabinet.
Confirming the development, MP Dinesh Gunavardhan said that Mahinda Rajapaksa will continue to work and all other cabinet members have resigned to the prime minister, News Wire reported.
The country is facing opposition from the government over its handling of the worst economic crisis in decades. Sri Lanka’s economy has been on the decline since the Covid-19 pandemic, with the tourism sector crashing.
Sri Lanka is currently facing a shortage of foreign exchange which has led to shortage of food, fuel, electricity and gas and has sought the help of friendly countries for economic assistance.
Despite the lifting of the curfew, the country is still under a state of emergency. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 1 April issued a gazette notification imposing a state of emergency in the country, saying it was to ensure “public safety and the maintenance of public order”.