Sri Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s workplace denies reviews of his resignation

The Sri Lanka Prime Minister’s workplace issued a press release and denied all of the rumours about PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation on Sunday.

The Prime Minister met President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid the continuing disaster within the nation. According to sources, the assembly added to the speculations of the PM resigning.

Meanwhile, a number of vital political selections are anticipated to be taken throughout this assembly.

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Sri Lanka’s training minister Dinesh Gunawardena stated that the nation’s cabinet, aside from President Gotabaya and PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, have resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night assembly on Sunday.

Sri Lankan Sports Minister Namal Rajapaksa, taking to Twitter, stated that he had knowledgeable the secretary to the President of his resignation from all portfolios with ‘instant impact.’

I’ve knowledgeable the sec. to the President of my resignation from all portfolios with instant impact, in hope that it could help HE & PMs determination to ascertain stability for the folks & the govt. of #LKA. I stay dedicated to my voters, my celebration & the folks of #Hambanthota.

— Namal Rajapaksa (@RajapaksaNamal) April 3, 2022

Former Sri Lankan minister Wimal Weerawansa additionally met the President and proposed an all-party interim authorities to be appointed to resolve the present disaster within the nation.

Soaring inflation and a weakened foreign money have despatched costs of primary items skyrocketing in Sri Lanka. In the throes of an unprecedented financial meltdown, folks within the island nation are queuing up for hours to purchase gasoline, meals and medicines. More usually than not, many depart empty-handed. Either the store’s run out of products, or their cash has.

In the wake of the disaster, public anger has been mounting in opposition to the federal government. Protests have erupted in lots of pockets of the nation, together with the capital, with agitators blaming the Rajapaksa regime for shortages of important items and lengthy energy outages.

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