Sri Lanka Economic Crisis, New PM Ranil Wickremesinghe inducts 4 ministers into his Cabinet
Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Live News Updates: Most of the Opposition parties in Sri Lanka on Friday announced that they would not join the interim government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s but agreed to support its economic policies from outside to help the debt-ridden island nation’s early recovery.
Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Live News Updates: Sri Lanka lifted a nationwide curfew for 12 hours on Saturday, further easing tight curbs as new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe sought to form a government after clashes with anti-government groups killed nine people, Reuters reported. More than a month of predominantly peaceful protests against the government turned violent this week after supporters of former Prime Minister.
A Sri Lankan court on Friday was moved to direct the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately arrest former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and six others for alleged criminal intimidation and aiding and abetting attacks on peaceful anti-government protesters here this week, according to PTI.
Meanwhile, most of the Opposition parties in Sri Lanka on Friday announced that they would not join the interim government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s but agreed to support its economic policies from outside to help the debt-ridden island nation’s early recovery.
n an unusual move, Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has extended public support to the protesters, who have been camping at a popular beachfront here for over a month calling for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation for mishandling the country’s worst economic crisis.
The Prime Minister on Saturday said he had appointed a committee to look after the interests of the ‘Gota Go Home’ village protesters who have been camping at Colombo’s Galle Face Green since April 9.
Wickremesinghe, who was appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Prime Minister after asking his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa to quit, said the young protesters in the village would be safeguarded and their views would be sought for the shaping of future policy.