Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapaksa -- who resigned as prime minister after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters and sparked a day of violence -- will not flee the country, his son told AFP on Tuesday.
The Black Cap Movement has called on the United Nations to directly intervene to protect basic human rights of Sri Lankans after scores of Rajapaksa loyalists launched attacks on peaceful protestors on Monday (09).
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has condemned the violent acts that are taking place in the country as hundreds of Rajapaksa loyalists attacked unarmed protesters camping outside the president's office at Galle Face.
The Trade Union Coordinating Center says that a continuous strike will be launched in all services in the country except health from 4.00 pm today (9).
The brutal attack on peaceful protesters must be condemned and the leaders who instigated their followers to carry out acts of violence must accept responsibility, former Speaker Karu Jayasuriya said.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa tendered his letter of resignation to the Presidential Secretariat a short while ago, a spokesman for the Prime Minister's Office said.
Government supporters have attacked protesters camped outside the office of Sri Lanka’s prime minister, as trade unions begin a “Week of Protests” demanding the government change and its president step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory.
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said that he will stop extending support to the government to resolve the crisis if protesters at Galle Face are attacked under the pretext of a 'state of emergency'.
Protestors in the Vanni - Sri Lanka's longest-running protest - have suggested to protestors in the south, that they can work together to end the country's economic crisis, through recognizing Tamil sovereignty by the Sinhalese people.
A complaint has been lodged in the Parliament of Sri Lanka regarding two journalists in the Eastern Province, who had to go into hiding due to the fear of threats made by a ruling party parliamentarian.
