For the last few months, Sri Lanka has been facing its worst time in seven decades as the country is under the grip of an unprecedented economic crisis, leaving millions of people struggling to buy food, medicine, fuel, and other essentials. To escape from public anger, embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday fled to the Maldives from where he appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President, which escalated the political crisis and triggered fresh protests in the country.
President Rajapaksa issued a Gazette Extraordinary, appointing Wickremesinghe as the acting president to exercise, perform and discharge the powers, duties, and functions of the Office of President with effect from July 13, 2022.
Thousands of protesters waving Lankan flags surrounded the building of the Prime Minister’s Office earlier in the day and police fired tear gas on them as they broke through a barricade and stormed the PM’s office.
Here are the top developments on the current political and economic situation in the island nation Sri Lanka:
(with inputs from PTI)
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