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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday he would appoint a new prime minister this week to introduce constitutional reforms amid widespread anti-government protests over the country's worst economic crisis.
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa refused to step down on Wednesday amid ongoing protests against the Sri Lankan government's failure to deal with the worst economic crisis since its independence. However, he promised to appoint a new prime minister and youth cabinet this week, which would not include any members of the Rajapaksa family. Earlier, security forces patrolled across the country in armored vehicles to deal with the situation and ensure security.
Parliament Will Be Given More Powers
The military has likewise been sent in the roads of the capital Colombo and its rural areas. Security powers have requests to take shots at sight the people who plunder or harm public property. In a late night address to the country in the wake of meeting with previous Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, President Gotabaya expressed that after the arrangement of another head of the state and government, a sacred revision would be brought to give shape to the nineteenth amendment to the constitution, through which Parliament would be given more powers. Will go
Talks began with political parties
The President said that he hosts began converses with political gatherings to keep the country from going into a condition of turmoil. He guaranteed that he would offer a chance to the new Prime Minister and the public authority to send off new projects to take the nation forward. The new government will have a greater part in the 225-part parliament.
Guidelines for severe activity against reprobates
There is no administration in the country since the President's senior sibling Mahinda Rajapaksa surrendered as Prime Minister on Monday. Naming the viciousness as awful, the President said that he has coordinated the police and the three administrations to make a severe move against the culprits of savagery.
Demand for political stability
In fact, earlier in the day, Sri Lanka's central bank governor Nandalal Veerasingh had threatened to resign if the country's leaders failed to bring about political stability soon. He said that without political stability, it does not matter who is the governor of the central bank.
Request not to execute military rule
In the mean time, Defense Secretary General (Retd) Kamal Gunaratne explained that there won't ever be military rule in Sri Lanka and he is expressing this with full liability, in regards to the rising job of the military in the continuous political and monetary emergency in the country.
Demand To Resign From The Presidency
According to Gunaratne, Mahinda Rajapaksa is at the Trincomalee Naval Base. Seeing the danger, he was taken to the naval base. Once the situation becomes normal, they will be shifted to their residence or place of their choice. He is also a former President and possesses adequate security. It is known that opposition parties are demanding the arrest of Mahinda for inciting violence against peaceful anti-government protesters and his elder brother Gotabaya's resignation from the presidency for mismanaging the economy.
