Desk Report
Publish: 04 Apr 2022, 09:41 am
Police in Sri Lanka || Photo: BBC
Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers
have resigned en masse after protests over the government's handling of the worst
economic crisis in decades.
All 26 ministers submitted
letters of resignation - but not Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa or his
brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Many angry protesters demanding
the resignation of the Rajapaksa family say the move is meaningless.
On Sunday, many defied a curfew
to take to the streets in several cities.
The country is grappling with
what is said to be its worst economic crisis since independence from the UK in
1948.
It is caused in part by a lack of
foreign currency, which is used to pay for fuel imports. With power cuts
lasting half a day or more, and shortages of food, medicines, and fuel, public
anger has reached a new high.
Education Minister Dinesh
Gunawardena told reporters on Sunday that the cabinet's ministers had tendered
their resignation letters to the prime minister.
The prime minister's own son,
Namal Rajapaksa, was among those who resigned, tweeting that he hoped it would
help the president and PM's "decision to establish stability for the
people and the government".
However, many protesters who
allege that the president and his family are to blame for the situation in the
country are angry at the fact that he will remain in power.
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