Mass camping in the streets of Sri Lanka while the Government looks for solutions

2022-06-15 20:33:09 By : Ms. Helen Liu

Colombo, Apr 10 (EFE).- Protests in Sri Lanka are on the rise with thousands of demonstrators and camps in the streets of Colombo demanding the resignation of the country's president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, while the Government tries to take measures to deal with the crisis .The Galle Face Green park and the outskirts of the Rajapaksa offices have become the spaces for thousands of Sri Lankans who come to express their disgust at the deep financial crisis in the country and the shortage of basic goods and fuel.Portable toilets, tents, water, and food have been moved to the park, which is open for the thousands of people who continue to be there for the second day in a row.In front of the president's office, several hundred others gathered despite torrential rain, with slogans and banners to express their discontent with the government.Among the banners are messages such as: "This is our country, not your ATM", "The country was sold, Gota failed", "Give us back the stolen money", "If you steal our dreams, we will not let you sleep".Security forces have increased controls around the official residences of President Rajapaksa and his brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, located a few hundred meters from the protest, to prevent the public from entering the premises."The children of Rajapaksa are in the United States and they studied abroad. What about our children? Do we have to suffer with this country destroyed by Rajapaksa?" Harsha Perera, 42, claimed while holding up a banner in the one that read "Save the future of our children".The protests have been increasing despite the fact that the Government decreed several holidays to celebrate the new year of Sinhalese and Sri Lankan Tamils.Most of the protesters consulted by Efe assured that they will continue with the protests during the holidays, "until Rajapaksa resigns", a phrase that is repeated along with "Go Home Gota" (Gota go home), coined as the motto of the protests .Similar demonstrations took place in various parts of the country, while the Sri Lankan Catholic community held a silent protest after the Palm Sunday mass.Catholics carried banners reading "It started with a crisis and it will end with a crisis," a reference to the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed 269 people, mostly Christians.The attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group was a central element in the victory of Rajapaksa, who became president with a campaign 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