A state of emergency has been declared in Sri Lanka against the backdrop of anti-government protests gaining strength day by day. The state of emergency is in place from midnight yesterday. The session of Parliament has been adjourned till the 17th of this month.
The people of the country are agitating for the government to take responsibility for the biggest financial crisis of the last ten years. The foreign reserves under the Gotabaya government dropped below $50 million,
Following this, thousands of shops, schools and businesses remained closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and the government step down for their mishandling of the island’s worst financial crisis in decades.
Meanwhile, protesters were blocked by the security guards from entering the campus of the parliament complex. Hundreds of protesters remained camped outside the main road to parliament where they started a sit-in on Thursday.
Many protesters hung their underwear on the barricades as an insult to the political leadership. Messages like “Gotta go home” – a rallying cry from the protests – were scrawled on some of the underpants and vests. The latest form of protest is being discussed on social media under the headline ‘Underwear protest’.
Underwear protest against MP at the Polduwa junction near the Parliament. #SriLankaCrisis pic.twitter.com/VhCj2cZF1V
— Manjula Basnayake (@BasnayakeM) May 6, 2022
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