{"id":1545940,"date":"2022-07-09T11:04:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T15:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1545940"},"modified":"2022-07-09T16:56:20","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T20:56:20","slug":"watch-mob-storms-presidential-palace-swims-in-pool-as-asian-nation-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-mob-storms-presidential-palace-swims-in-pool-as-asian-nation-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Mob Storms Presidential Palace, Swims In Pool As Asian Nation Teeters On Brink Of Collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fwatch-mob-storms-presidential-palace-swims-in-pool-as-asian-nation-teeters-on-brink-of-collapse%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=1545940&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--><p>Thousands of protesters swarmed the Sri Lankan president\u2019s home in Colombo and were seen cavorting in its swimming pool as anarchy engulfed the bankrupt South Asian island nation of 22 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Surreal scenes captured on cell phone video showed citizens watching television, eating, and roaming the halls of the palace as the presidency of Gotabaya Rajapaksa teeters on the edge of collapse. Millions have been unable to buy\u00a0food, medicine, and fuel for months amid a devastating financial crisis that has pitted parliament against the presidency and reopened old wounds between majority Buddhists and minority Tamils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGota go home,\u201d the mob was heard chanting, using a popular nickname for the reviled leader. Outside the sprawling residence, barricades were knocked down and a black banner was raised on a flagpole.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NOW \u2013 Protesters storm the presidential palace in Sri Lanka&#8217;s capital.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wv6oQ10kBQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Wv6oQ10kBQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1545689501758111744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NOW &#8211; Protesters storm the presidential palace in Sri Lanka&#39;s capital.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wv6oQ10kBQ\">pic.twitter.com\/Wv6oQ10kBQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/disclosetv\/status\/1545689501758111744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came here today to send the president home,\u201d protester Wasantha Kiruwaththuduwa, 50, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/07\/09\/world\/sri-lanka-protests-rajapaksa\">told The New York Times<\/a>. \u201cNow the president must resign. If he wants peace to prevail, he must step down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary leaders called on Rajapaksa, whose family has ruled the nation for much of the last two decades, to step down. His brother already\u00a0resigned as prime minister in May after violent protests and three other members of the family were among 26 cabinet members who resigned en masse in April. Public anger has been directed at the family over claims of mismanagement and corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over in May, has also been called upon to exit, even as he is scrambling to save the country\u2019s economy through\u00a0negotiations with the International Monetary Fund.\u00a0In April, the nation said it would suspend repayment of foreign loans, which amounts to $51 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-gZMcBi render-stellar-contentstyles__Paragraph-sc-9v7nwy-2 dCwndB\">\u201cWe are now participating in the negotiations as a bankrupt country,\u201d he told lawmakers earlier this week. \u201cTherefore, we have to face a more difficult and complicated situation than previous negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just IN:\u2014 Protestors cool themselves in luxurious swimming pool of Sri Lanka president palace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3kP4p6zPto\">pic.twitter.com\/3kP4p6zPto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 South Asia Index (@SouthAsiaIndex) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthAsiaIndex\/status\/1545720103488323585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just IN:\u2014 Protestors cool themselves in luxurious swimming pool of Sri Lanka president palace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3kP4p6zPto\">pic.twitter.com\/3kP4p6zPto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; South Asia Index (@SouthAsiaIndex) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SouthAsiaIndex\/status\/1545720103488323585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The economic crisis has ripped open old wounds in the nation, located off the southern tip of India in the Indian Ocean. Although a nearly 30-year civil war between the majority Buddhist Sinhalese government and the Tamil Tigers, the insurgent group that fought on behalf \u00a0of the minority Tamils, ended more than a decade ago, the division has re-emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa won election in 2019 with a wave of popular support and a promise to end Colombo\u2019s conciliatory approach toward minority groups including Muslims and Tamils.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is no secret that the majority who voted for me then were Sinhalese,\u201d Rajapaksa told parliament in 2020. \u201cThey rallied because they had legitimate fears that the Sinhala race, our religion, national resources, and the heritage would be threatened with destruction in the face of various local and foreign forces and ideologies that support separatism, extremism, and terrorism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the financial crisis undermining his popularity among his base and parliament demanding his ouster, Rajapaksa\u2019s days as president appear to be numbered, experts say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of protesters swarmed the Sri Lankan president\u2019s home in Colombo and were seen cavorting in its swimming pool as anarchy engulfed the bankrupt South Asian island nation of 22 million people. 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