{"id":1469965,"date":"2022-05-10T10:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469965"},"modified":"2022-05-10T10:44:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:44:57","slug":"sri-lanka-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests-over-economic-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sri-lanka-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests-over-economic-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Prime Minister resigns amid protests over economic crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsri-lanka-prime-minister-resigns-amid-protests-over-economic-crisis%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2719580\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2719580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sri Lankan government supporters make an attempt to attack anti-government protesters outside president\u2019s office residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country\u2019s worst economic crisis in decades. (AP Photo\/Eranga Jayawardena)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:19 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, May 10, 2022<\/h5>\n<p>Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has stepped down amid the nation\u2019s worst economic crisis in decades. An aide to the Prime Minister submitted a letter to the President\u2019s Office on Monday confirming his resignation.<\/p>\n<p>This comes as rampant inflation and shortages of essentials, including food and medicine, have sparked ongoing protests that started in March. Additionally, the former Prime Minister resigned hours after police announced a nationwide curfew after at least 100 people were sent to the hospital following demonstrations.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u201cHe is trying to get more and more power,\u201d said Democratic National Alliance Leader Sarath Fonseka. \u201cTrying to take the country into a dictatorship and take it in an direction where he thinks he can strengthen his family, he can strengthen his own hands and run the country like a dictator.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Ancestral home of the Rajapaksa family in Medamulana, Hambantota set on fire by protesters. Sri Lanka&#8217;s Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had resigned earlier today amid mass protests over the country&#8217;s worst economic crisis since independence. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pxb3kR5t1d\">pic.twitter.com\/Pxb3kR5t1d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdityaRajKaul\/status\/1523703618754412544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the meantime, trade unions in the country are calling for more protests throughout the week.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/nprs-totenberg-says-leading-theory-is-draft-leaked-by-conservative-clerk\/\">NPR\u2019s Totenberg Says Leading Theory Is Draft Leaked By Conservative Clerk<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lankan government supporters make an attempt to attack anti-government protesters outside president\u2019s office residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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