Lagatar24 Desk
Colombo, April 6: After hundreds of MPs walked out of the ruling coalition, which has been battling to control protests over the country’s economic downturn, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has lifted the state of emergency.
Sri Lanka | Visuals from Colombo after Emergency was revoked in the country. pic.twitter.com/yxuMMFuqhG
— ANI (@ANI) April 6, 2022
Finance Minister Ali Sabry resigned a day after his appointment and ahead of important meetings with the International Monetary Fund for a loan programme on Tuesday, in yet another blow for the administration.
On Monday, Rajapaksa disbanded his Cabinet and sought to establish a unity government as public outrage grew over the governing family’s handling of the debt-ridden economy, which has resulted in food, medication, and fuel shortages, as well as continuous power outages.
Rajapaksa annulled the emergency rule ordinance that took effect last Friday in a gazette issued late Tuesday. In his letter of resignation to the president, Sabry stated that he believed he had behaved in the best interests of the country.
