- Thursday, April 25, 2024
By: Radhakrishna N S
More than 10,000 protesting supporters of Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, brought parts of the capital, Colombo, to a standstill on Tuesday (30) as political turmoil on the island entered its fifth day. Sri Lanka was plunged into crisis on Friday (26) when President Maithripala Sirisena sacked Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa to replace him, breaking up a fragile coalition governing the country. Sirisena also suspended parliament, to the fury of Wickremesinghe’s supporters, who say the president is trying to prevent lawmakers from keeping him in power. On Tuesday (30), thousands of protesters gathered near Wickremesinghe’s…
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