COLOMBO, May 7 ― Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency yesterday following a day of anti-government strikes and protests over a worsening economic crisis. The measure, which drew immediate criticism from opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and from Canada's...
COLOMBO, May 7 ― Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency yesterday following a day of anti-government strikes and protests over a worsening economic crisis.
Police earlier fired tear gas at dozens of demonstrators outside parliament, in the latest in more than a month of sporadically violent anti-government protests amid shortages of imported food, fuel and medicines. Details of the latest emergency regulations were not yet made public, but previous emergency laws have given greater powers to the president to deploy the military, detain people without charge and break up protests.Calling on Rajapaksa to resign, Premadasa said the state of emergency “runs counter to seeking any solution to the crisis”.
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