Category: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

India Dismisses Reports of Sending Troops to Sri Lanka Amid Escalating Protests

July 11, 2022
Asia & PacificIndiaPresident Gotabaya RajapaksaRanil WickremesingheSri LankaWorld
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India “categorically” dismissed reports that it was sending troops to Sri Lanka amid worsening turmoil that has seen protesters break into both the president’s and prime minister’s residences to demand their resignations. The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka issued a statement on Monday denying “speculative reports” circulating on social media that New Delhi was…

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Sri Lanka President’s Brother Quits Parliament Amid Turmoil

June 10, 2022
Asia & PacificBasil RajapaksaChinaPresident Gotabaya RajapaksaSri LankaWorld
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Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, brother of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, resigned from parliament on Thursday amid the country’s worst economic crisis in decades. “From today, I will not be involved in any government activities, but I cannot and will not step away from politics,” he told reporters. “The aim is to allow someone…

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State of Emergency Declared in Sri Lanka Amid Escalating Protests

May 6, 2022
Asia & PacificPresident Gotabaya RajapaksaSri LankaWorld
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Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared Friday an island-wide state of emergency for the second time since April amid sustained protests demanding his resignation. The emergency was imposed in the interests of public security, the protection of public order, and the maintenance of supplies and essential services, the Presidential Media Division said in a statement….

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Sri Lanka’s President Lifts State of Emergency Amid Ongoing Protests

April 6, 2022
Asia & PacificPresident Gotabaya RajapaksaSri LankaWorld
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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has revoked a state of emergency, just days after enforcing it to quell protests over the country’s political and economic turmoil. Rajapaksa stated in a gazette carried by Sri Lankan media agency News First that he revoked the emergency rule ordinance that took effect on April 1, which was imposed…

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Sri Lanka Declares Emergency After Violent Protest at President’s Residence

April 1, 2022
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Sri Lanka’s government declared a state of emergency on Friday following a violent protest outside the president’s private residence, as public outrage mounts over his government’s handling of the country’s economic crisis. The president’s Media Division said that “a group of organized extremists” carrying “iron bars, knives, and sticks” marched toward Sri Lankan President Gotabaya…

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