Sri Lanka President officially announced his resignation.

According to Sri Lanka Prime Minister's office, on the morning of July 11, local time, President Gota Baya Rajapaka had notified the Prime Minister Victormazinha to officially announce his resignation.

One day before, the Sri Lanka opposition party held a meeting and agreed to form a transition joint government after resigning in Gotapa.

However, no matter who the Sri Lankan transitional government will lead, it will not only encounter legitimacy problems, but also face economic crisis that may still deteriorate.

The candidates for the new president and the Prime Minister are still discussing

According to India's "Digan Herald" reported on July 10, the Sri Lanka opposition leader held a meeting on the same day to discuss how to get rid of the country's severe political crisis. Wimal Werawansa, the leader of the Opposition of the Party's National Freedom Front (NFF) It is a government representing all political parties. " The candidates for the new president and the Prime Minister are still discussing.

On July 11, the opposition leader will also meet to discuss the parliamentary meeting to transfer power to the new transition United coalition government, which will continue to operate to the next parliamentary election.

The United States CNN reported on July 10 that according to the Sri Lanka Constitution, after the president Gotabaya and Prime Minister Victor Minda resigned, the speaker Abvadner will be the president of the president within 30 days. At the same time, the parliament will also select new presidents from parliamentarians within 30 days to complete the remaining two -year term of Gotapaa.

According to the British "Guardian" report, before Victor Marinha had agreed, if a cross -party government could set up a cross -party government to maintain national operation, he was willing to resign. Victor Minda emphasized that Sri Lanka is at a crisis and requires a stable government.

In the report, CNN believes that Gotabaya's resignation means that the end of the "political dynasty" of Rajapaksa, which rules Sri Lanka for most of the past 20 years, but how the power transition will still be full of uncertainty.

The British "Guardian" also pointed out that the new Sri Lankan leaders selected from the members will face legitimacy. Many protesters against Gotabaya do not support a considerable part of the members. They believe that these members are part of the political system that has caused Sri Lanka to be in crisis.

Protestants still occupy the Presidential Palace

According to Reuters reported on July 10, Sri Lanka's protest organizers said that before the country's president and prime minister officially resigned, they would continue to occupy the Presidential Palace and the Prime Minister's Palace to refuse to make concessions.

"Our struggle is not over." Student protest organizer Lahiru Weerasekara told AFP that they would not end the struggle until Gotaba "really left".

On July 9, a large number of Sri Lanka protesters broke into the Presidential Palace and the Prime Minister's Palace. According to Agence France -Presse and Reuters, on July 10, the streets of the capital Colombo had returned to peace, and thousands of ordinary people were wandering in the presidential palace.

"I have never seen a similar (Presidential Palace and Prime Minister's Palace) in my life in my life. It's. "

Another person, Chanuka Jayasuriya, said that when the country suffered a deep crisis, people entered the presidential palace to "release the pressure", and the extravagance seen in the presidential palace made the public believe that " Obviously they (Sri Lanka leaders) do not have time to work for the country. "

Although the Sri Lanka security troops with assault rifles stood outside the presidential palace, they did not prevent ordinary people from entering. They were allowed to play water in the Presidential Palace's swimming pool, lying on the bed at will, and the soldiers even broke into the Presidential Palace. The people took a group photo.

According to the "Indian Times" reported on July 10, Sri Lanka protesters also held a "Simulation Cabinet Conference" in the Presidential Palace that day to pretend to be a talk with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ", and discussed the late night of Victor on the 9th night The Masinha Mansion was burned out by the protesters to ridicule Gotapaa.

Political crisis may exacerbate the economic crisis

However, no matter who becomes the new leader of Sri Lanka in the future, it will face difficult situations. According to the "Guardian" and Reuters, Sri Lanka's economic crisis still has no signs of alleviating, and the shortage of energy and food may worsen, and the current political crisis may also exacerbate the economic crisis.

The inflation rate of Sri Lanka in June has reached 54.6%, and the country's central bank warns that Sri Lanka's inflation rate may reach 70%next month.

For Sri Lanka, the top priority is to establish a government that can continue to negotiate with the International Monetary Fund. Sri Lanka, who has owed US $ 51 billion (about RMB 341.7 billion) foreign debt, is negotiating with the organization, and is urgent to receive an emergency assistance of $ 4 billion (about RMB 26.8 billion).

The International Monetary Fund said that it is closely paying close attention to the development of the situation. The International Monetary Fund stated in a statement on July 10 that it hopes that Sri Lanka's current situation will be resolved in order to restore the dialogue with the organization.

Source: Surging News

Edit: Weekend

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