Sri Lanka’s acting President declares Emergency, Singapore wants Gotabaya gone | 5 points
Acting President Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday stated an emergency when anti-government protests continued to boil in the midst of an acute financial crisis that gripped the island state. The action occurred when the Sri Lanka parliament met to elect a new president, the results of which were expected to be announced on July […]
Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Live Updates: President Gotabaya declares emergency amid protests
President Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa stated that public emergencies throughout the country on Friday after violence protests over the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. The President requested a Tangguh law that allowed the military to arrest and detain suspects for a long time without a court because demonstrations called for their use throughout the […]