The prime minister as acting president has declared a state of emergency (countrywide) and imposed a curfew in the western province.
Mumbai: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as the acting president hours after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was overseas, the parliamentary Speaker announced on Wednesday as thousands of protesters demanded both men step down. Wickremesinghe has been appointed to cover the duties and functions of the position. “The prime minister as acting president has declared a state of emergency (countrywide) and imposed a curfew in the western province,” informed Reuters.
The protests across Sri Lanka have surged as the protesters have now demanded that Wickremesinghe must resign. A mob of angry protesters stormed the Lankan prime minister’s residence, braving the tear gas shells by security forces. Police have imposed an indefinite curfew across the Western Province, which includes Colombo, “to contain the situation”.
Wickremesinghe has himself announced his willingness to resign if consensus is reached on forming a unity government.
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