Troubled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Sunday ordered officials to ensure peace LPG distribution between The island nation’s aftermath received about 3,700 metric tons of liquefied petroleum gas, his office reported.
To compel the government to address the issue of acute gas shortage, the public has been blocking the roads for the past few months.
Local media reported that Rajapaksa had instructed several officials to distribute the gas. first ship reached keralapitiya This afternoon (July 10). Another ship is expected to carry 3,740 metric tonnes of gas on July 11, while the third one carrying 3,200 metric tonnes of gas will arrive on July 15.
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Protesters set fire to Wickremesinghe’s private residence
A group of protesters on Saturday entered and torched the private residence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, amid massive public protests in the country over the unprecedented economic crisis.
hours later Wickremesinghe offers to resign As protests intensified in the country for the resignation of the government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to make way for an all-party government.
Protesters barge into Rajapaksa’s residence
Meanwhile, a large gathering of protesters continues Possession of prestigious administrative buildings of President and Prime Minister Which also serves as a government residence. The protesters were watching television at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and were moving around on the President’s bed. Barricades were overturned outside the building and a black flag was hoisted on a pole. Videos shared by state media showed protesters swimming in a pool. The video showed protesters storming the residence, shouting “go home” while calling out the president’s surname.
Sri Lanka is facing severe economic crisis
Sri Lanka, a country of 22 million people, is in the grip of an unprecedented economic turmoil, the worst in seven decades, crippled by an acute shortage of foreign exchange that has left it unable to pay for essential imports of fuel and other essential commodities. gave up fighting. ,
The country, with an acute foreign exchange crisis that resulted in foreign debt defaults, announced in April that it would suspend foreign debt repayments of about USD 7 billion for the year, out of about USD 25 billion by 2026. Used to be. Sri Lanka’s total external debt is USD 51 billion.
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