Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa called for calm after days of violent unrest that have left his government on the brink of collapse, with the army enforcing a nationwide curfew and threatening to shoot looters.
The island has faced intensifying protests in recent weeks calling on Rajapaksa to resign over an economic crisis that has led to severe shortages of everyday essentials and double-digit inflation and pushed the government close to default.
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya’s elder brother, stepped down as prime minister on Monday after a wave of violence, triggering the dissolution of the cabinet. Mahinda argued that his resignation would pave the way for a cross-party government to restore calm while keeping Gotabaya in power.
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