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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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