Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is said to have agreed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s request to resign in the face of the island nation’s increasing economic crisis and the installation of a state of emergency.
According to sources, Mahinda Rajapaksa agreed to quit as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at a special cabinet meeting at the President’s House led by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the Colombo Page.
Mahinda Rajapaksa has asked to resign from his post as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka due to his failure to deal with the country’s ongoing economic crisis, according to the Sri Lankan Cabinet. The Cabinet will be dissolved as a result of his resignation. Furthermore, Mahinda Rajapaksa has declared that he is willing to quit if that is the only way to resolve Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic problems.
Moreover, Sri Lanka is experiencing severe food and power shortages, requiring it to seek assistance from its neighbors. Foreign exchange problems caused by a tourism ban during the COVID-19 pandemic are blamed for the slump. The country is unable to purchase sufficient fuel and gas, and its citizens are without basic necessities.
Meanwhile, according to the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has admitted that managing the country’s economic and political problems has become a significant problem amid widespread public protests. He went on to say that the issue had caused a lack of tourists in the country. Furthermore, factory closures added to the strain of already existing economic problems.
