The situation in Sri Lanka does not seem to be improving. Already people are angry with the Rajapaksa family and are protesting against them. After the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa and the swearing in of new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe, it seemed that the protest would stop now, but it has not happened. People are now taking to the streets against the new PM as well.
People protesting against the government say that Wickremesinghe is also a friend of the Rajapaksa family, so he cannot be trusted. “We don’t trust the new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe because he is a very good friend of the Rajapaksa family, we don’t believe he will do justice to the people,” said a protester.
On the other hand, Ranil Wickremesinghe has included four ministers in his cabinet on Saturday. In which Dinesh Gunawardene has been sworn in as the Minister of Public Administration, Peirce as the Minister of External Affairs, Prasanna Ranatunga as the Minister of Urban Development and Housing and Kanchana Wijesekara as the Minister of Power and Energy. Peiris was also the foreign minister in the Rajapaksa government.
Meanwhile, most opposition parties in Sri Lanka have announced that they will not join the interim government led by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. This decision of the opposition has also dealt a big blow to the government. At the same time, a petition has been filed in a Sri Lankan court demanding that it direct the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately punish former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and six others on charges of criminal intimidation and abetting attacks on anti-government protesters. Arrest it
Let us tell you that these days Sri Lanka is facing a serious economic crisis. There is a shortage of almost all essential commodities including oil, milk, food items. For these reasons, the people are on the streets against the government. Old PM Mahinda Rajapakse has gone to a naval base to save his life.