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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned from the Premiership a short while ago.
The second son and Chief of Staff of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his wife left the country in the early hours of today morning, the Daily Mirror learns.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will face one of the toughest days in his political career today when he attends the cabinet meeting scheduled to be held in the evening and decides with his cabinet whether to step down from the Premiership.
A protest broke out, outside UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house in 5th Lane in Colombo this morning, with protestors calling on the former prime minister to ’Go Home’ and ’Stay Home’.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in a special meeting with the Prime Minister and cabinet of ministers today evening, requested Mahinda Rajapaksa to step down from the premiership as a solution to solve the ongoing political crisis in the country.
SLFP MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya who was elected as the Deputy Speaker in Parliament yesterday, replacing himself, has resigned from the post again, the Daily Mirror learns.
A request made by police to remove the obstructions caused to the access road of the Presidential Secretariat owing to GotaGoHome protest has been referred to the Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court.
Parliamentarians are unable to leave the Parliament premises as hundreds of protestors remain gathered outside despite being hit with tear gas and water cannons.
Parliament has been adjourned till May 17, after a tense situation erupted outside with protestors being tear-gassed and water cannons being used by the police.
A tense situation erupted inside Parliament a short while ago resulting in sittings being suspended for 10 minutes by the Speaker.
Police fired tear gas and water cannons on protestors who were gathered outside the Parliament, in the newly established ’Horu Go Gama’, a short while ago.
Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe today said he is under threat following the remarks made by TNA MP Shanikyan Rasamanikkam in Parliament that he sided with the government during the vote of the Deputy Speaker.
The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s court today further extended its order preventing former Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal from leaving the country until May 23.
The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) issuing a statement regarding the escalation of the situation in the vicinity of Parliament stated that those engaged in lawful exercise of their right to protest cannot be arrested.
Two protesters today filed a Fundamental Rights petition in Supreme Court seeking an interim order against police to remove all police vehicles parked on the pavement along the protesting site declared as the ’’MainaGoGama’’ outside Temple Trees.
TNA Parliamentarian M.A. Sumanthiran has slammed the Ceylon Workers’ Congress (CWC) saying that Jeewan Thondaman broke away from the Rajapaksa government only after the party knew that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa would be sacked.
A tense situation erupted at the Galle Face protest site today as riot police were deployed on ground resulting in protestors engaging in a verbal battle and eventually asking the riot police to leave.
SJB MPs Harin Fernando and Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka were seen engaged in a verbal clash at the SJB May Day Rally held in Colombo on Sunday.
Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa in a conversation with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today said the President, under the 20th amendment, has the authority to make decisions to resolve the ongoing political crisis and he would extend his fullest cooperation to any decisions made by the President.
In a meeting held with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and the government parliamentarians last evening, 117 MPs said Mahinda Rajapaksa should continue as the Prime Minister and further informed the President and Prime Minister both should continue.
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