Sri Lanka crisis: PM Mahinda Rajapaksa likely to resign
Colombo (Sri Lanka), May 7: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is said to have agreed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to resign in the face of the deepening economic crisis and the imposition of the state of emergency in the island nation.
According to reports, Mahinda Rajapaksa agreed to quit as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at a special cabinet meeting at the President's House led by Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
The Cabinet of the island nation had been notified that due to the failure of the Prime Minister to cope with the country's ongoing economic crisis, Mahinda Rajapaksa has sought to resign from his position. His exit will also result in the dissolution of the Cabinet. Furthermore, Mahinda Rajapaksa has stated that if the only way to resolve Sri Lanka's ongoing economic crisis is for him to quit, he is willing to do so.
Meanwhile, according to the Colombo Page, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has acknowledged that handling the country's economic and political crisis has become a major problem amid mounting public protests. He went on to say that the crisis had created a lack of tourists in the country. Furthermore, factory closures added to the strain of already existing economic problems.
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According to political sources, Sri Lankan Cabinet ministers Prasanna Ranatunga, Nalaka Godahewa, and Ramesh Pathirana have all agreed on Mahinda Rajapaksa's decision to step down as Prime Minister. Minister Wimalaweera Dissanayake, contrary to the Cabinet ministers, has said that Mahinda's resignation will be futile in dealing with the country's crisis.
In addition, political sources also show that Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to announce his resignation from his post in a special statement on Monday, followed by a cabinet reshuffle in the next week, reported the Colombo Page.
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