• Sri Lanka - Huge Angry Mob Attacks Govt Buildings. President Flees

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    https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20220709-sri-lankan-anti-govt-protesters-storm-president-s-compound-clash-with-police

    Sri Lankan president flees, PM agrees to resign after
    protesters storm presidential compound

    Sri Lanka’s prime minister agreed to resign on Saturday
    after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and
    the embattled president step down on the day protesters
    stormed the president's residence and office in a fury
    over a worsening economic crisis.

    The prime minister’s spokesman, Dinouk Colambage, said
    Ranil Wickremesinghe told party leaders that he will resign
    when all parties have agreed on a new government.

    His decision came after the biggest protest yet swept Sri
    Lanka as tens of thousands of people broke through barricades
    and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence and
    nearby office to vent their anger against a leader they
    hold responsible for the nation’s worst crisis.

    . . .

    They'd better call Chuck & Nancy - they'll set up
    a Jul-8th investigative commission. Angry peasants
    storming sacred govt citadels - unforgivable !

    Hate to tell those angry starving peasants ... but
    The Problem is more than a few politicians deep.
    Sri Lanka is broke beyond broke. There won't be
    another drop of gasoline tomorrow, won't be another
    bite of affordable food. Nobody will do biz with
    the country anymore.

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