The unions called the protests in a bid to deflect the rising anger among workers, poor and youth over the ever-increasing prices and shortages of essentials.
Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka’s newly installed prime minster, delivered an address to the nation Monday that attempted to exploit the country’s dire economic crisis to justify a massive assault on workers and rural toilers.
The belated arrests are a bid to deflect the widespread outrage over the violent attack on protesters voicing the sentiments of millions in their call for the president to resign and the deep social crisis to be alleviated.
Sri Lanka to sell Airline and Print money to get out of Crisis: Sri Lanka is struggling with a financial crunch and the new government got formed recently. Ranil Wickremesinghe took oath as the new Prime Minister of the country.