Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa government’s resignation completes one year, court ban on organizing events

A Sri Lankan court on Tuesday banned events to mark one year of the resignation of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government. The court has stayed this on the request of the police. On May 9 last year, supporters of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa attacked anti-government protesters protesting outside the office of then exiled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, hours after he resigned as prime minister. .

Last year, the Sri Lankan government ran out of cash to import essential goods, the prices of essential goods skyrocketed, and fuel, medicine and electricity supplies were in dire straits. After this there were demonstrations across the country and the resignation of the then President and Prime Minister was demanded. Police said on Tuesday that the Colombo Fort magistrate had banned any event to mark the protests and banned protesters from entering important establishments such as the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President’s Secretariat, the Finance Ministry and the official residence of the prime minister. Is. The order was issued by the Fort Magistrate’s court on Tuesday on the request of Kolpetty police.

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