Sri Lanka’s unpopular prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected president Wednesday, in a secret parliamentary ballot that risked reigniting turmoil among a public outraged by the South Asian nation’s economic collapse.
Sri Lankans have taken to the street for months to demand their president and his prime minister step down as the country spiralled into economic chaos that left its 22 million people struggling with shortages of essentials, including medicine, fuel and food.
After they stormed the presidential palace and several other government buildings last week, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled and then resigned.
Much of the protesters’ ire is focused on Rajapaksa and his family’s political dynasty, which ruled Sri Lanka for most of the past two decades, but many also blame Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, for protecting him and see him as a part of the same problematic rule.
“We won’t back down, we won’t let this be, we won’t settle for any less,” 26-year-old activist and mental health counsellor Kasumi Ranasinghe Arachchige said. “The people deserve to get their basic necessities — they deserve fuel, they deserve transportation, they deserve anything that the citizens of Sri Lanka need.”
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Jaya wawa janadipathi thumata
It's hope he can help people
Buddha not blesses him
Muntamai rata kanne
Den palayau gedara balamu tika kalak
New PM Ranil is a Rajapaksha puppet, came to power using Rajapaksha party MP votes at Parliament, not from people's vote. he is not respecting to basic human rights or low and order. They are using SL army and police teams who are close to Rajapaksha clan to harm and threatened innocent 🇱🇰civilians, journalists and protesters who asking for resignation of corrupt politicians and election to vote for people's government
Since Sri Lanka is bankrupt, the President and all government officials are not allowed to wear coat and pants now the have to wear clothing like the monks.
SRI LANKA POLICE AND ARMED FORCES ARE KILLING US PLEASE SAVE US FROM THESE MURDERERS
Corruption in government is the pandimic all over the world.
Only they Kingdom of TRUE God is the solution of world crisis not the political system of devils.
Sorry too say and sad too say. 🙏🙏🙏
Ranil is a criminal 😠 He isn't president..Mad old Ranil
MUTA AWADA HAMA EKATAH RANIL OLUWATA THIYANNA ONE
This guy is corrupt too, they need to scrap everyone ans start anew
Sri lankan parliamentary majority is with Rajapaksha's regime always so the reality is that corrupt regime still governs the nation with their intentions by appointing their henchmen to power, as in president ranil (close relative & associate of rajapaksha) and prime minister dinesh and the cabinet ministers to conduct corrupt Rajapaksha schemes.
On May 9th the then prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksha attacked the peaceful protesters but unexpectedly the protesters counter attacked the mob and gathered in numbers, as a result mahinda rajapaksha had to go into hiding in a army base far from colombo. Soon after he resigned.
Since this situation occurred, Gotabaya Rajapaksha (mahinda's brother, who was also the president then) tactfully withdrew himself evading the nation and appointed his henchmen Ranil wikramasinghe as president who is their close associate and confederate. This crafty appointment was done not with any transparency or respecting the constitution.
Now the Rajapaksha's are conducting their vengeful strategy from afar and attacking people, controlling the public and harming democracy as usual to create an opportunity for them to be reentered.
These are the corrupt politicians who have for years ruined our economy, culture, wealth, heritage and democracy.
Ranil-Gota-Mahinda-Basil-Namal-Pohottu Rajapaksha regime's schemes & agenda's are together at work now to stop people from protesting.
Sri lanka is doomed by Ranil & the Rajapaksha family's corruption and no democracy may prevail anymore. Even earlier as now Troops deployed to attack the nation's peaceful protesters. We need support to fight this injustice!
Country's inflation hits hard on all citizens, people die of hunger, people spend their majority of time by spending days on petrol queues, gas queues, to get essentials such as milk in queues. Limited food at very high cost, sky rocketing prices of essentials and utility costs.
Most people have collapsed and died on such queues while waiting on queues for days, due to hunger and due to heatstroke.
These Rajapaksha team of culprit government officials including close ally Ranil created this unfortunate situation to all sri lankans.
New government being appointed is just a big lie, its still the same Rajapaksha government with their governing majority always at power.
Only difference being the Rajapaksha's are now pulling strings, conducting their corrupt intent strategically rather than being upfront so as to avoid attention getting onto Rajapaksha's.
We need international support to counter these corrupt rulers, in order to secure a safe and normal sri lanka as it was years before Rajapaksha's came or else atleast please Pray for our nation, thank you..
Buruva
You guys have some words but no one knows what to do. Argalaya has brought the country to more difficulties . Please let the country heal you people have having a good time with someones funding.
දයාබර සිංහල සහෝදර සහෝදරියනි, මේ පින්තූර දැකීමෙන් ඔබ කොයිතරම් කෝපයට පත් වී ඇත්දැයි අපි දනිමු. නමුත් අපි යමක් කියන්න කැමතියි, ජාත්යන්තර මාධ්ය සියල්ල බලාගෙන සිටියදී ඔවුන් දවල් එළියේ මෙහෙම හැසිරෙන්නේ අගනුවරදී.
දැන් ඔබ සියලු hv ජංගම දුරකථන සජීවීව සඳහා ගොස් ඔබ සැමට සිදුවන දේ බෙදා ගන්න.
නමුත් අපි ජීවත් වුණේ සමාජ මාධ්ය හෝ හොඳ ජංගම දුරකථන නොමැති යුගයක. අපි සද්ද නැතුව ඉන්නවා. ඔබේ රණවිරුවන් අපට කළ දේ දැන් ඔබට සිතාගත හැකිය.
කිසිම යුද්ධයක ජයග්රහණයක් නැති බව ඔබ මුලින්ම තේරුම් ගත යුතුයි. හානි පමණි.
ඔබ සැවොම ජයග්රාහී දිනය සමරද්දී සංහිඳියාවට අත දෙන්න බැහැ.
සැබෑ සංහිඳියාව ආරම්භ වන්නේ ඔබ සියලු දෙනාම අපට සිදු වූ දේ තේරුම් ගත් විට පමණි.
ඔබට ස්තුතියි
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I like ranil. He is legend
why is parliament still intact in Sri Lanka
Balance eka pennalaa wadak naha..Okay depaththatama daanaa wenne kalaguna nodath ballonwa..enisa monapaththa barawunath wadak naha…