Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 8: While Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is expected to retire amid continued protests, the opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has declared that its leader Sajith Premadasa will not accept the job of Prime Minister in an interim government.
This comes at a critical time, since Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is said to have accepted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s plea to resign in the face of the country’s increasing economic crisis.
“Premadasa will not accept premiership of an interim government but SJB will give conditional support for an interim government,” said SJB National Organizer Tissa Attsnayake, while speaking with the Sri Lankan media outlet.
“We will only support an interim government which will carry out proposals made by the Bar Association of Sri Lanka,” he added.
Premadasa had previously stated that the current government is reckless and had brought the country to the brink of bankruptcy. He stated that this was the first time in Sri Lanka’s history that such a situation has arisen.
After a devastating strike and protest over the external debt for the second time in five weeks, Sri Lanka imposed a state of emergency on Friday. Meanwhile, Sri Lanka is experiencing severe food and power shortages, requiring it to seek assistance from its neighbours.
