On Sunday, protesters were seen having a gala time in Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence Also at the home of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after assuming office on Saturday.
A recent video has surfaced on social media showing several protesters running on treadmills at the President’s personal gym. They also used other facilities such as weights and cardio equipment. During this, The whereabouts of the President of Lanka is unknown,
In another video, protesters were seen cooking food at the prime minister’s house while people took a walk in his garden.
Protesters barge into resident Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house
on Saturday, Thousands of protesters entered the house of the President of Sri Lanka Residence and Office to vent their anger against a leader they blame for the island nation’s worst economic crisis.
Videos that surfaced on social media showed dozens of protesters jumping into Rajapaksa’s swimming pool. 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.
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.
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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