'(The presidential palace) is a national treasure and it should be protected,' said one activist.
Protesters overran President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace at the weekend, forcing him to flee to the Maldives on Wednesday, when activists also stormed the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.
"This building is a national treasure and it should be protected," monk Omalpe Sobitha told reporters."There must be a proper audit and the property given back to the state." In a televised address after thousands of people captured his office in Colombo, Wickremesinghe declared:"Those who go to my office want to stop me from discharging my responsibilities as acting president.
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