Protesters in Sri Lanka have continued to occupy the official residence of the president in Colombo, saying they would not leave until he and the prime minister resigns.
The protest saw aggrieved Sri Lankans storm the country’s capital, Colombo, on Saturday; set the prime minister’s residence ablaze and occupy the president’s residence.
Sri Lanka’s President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on Saturday told Mahinda Abeywardana, parliamentary speaker that he would resign as president by Wednesday this week as a result of the protests while the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will leave office once a new government is in place.
The country of 22 million people has been suffering a horrifying financial turmoil with severe shortages of fuel, medicine, food and other essentials amid record-high inflation and a devaluation of the country’s currency.
