and also medicine, so it is very difficult to live. i personally stopped buying fresh milk because i can t afford it anymore. a classic case of a country living beyond its means. now colombo is running from pillar to post for loans. a rude awakening for sri lankans. protesters chant i have been coming to sri lanka for the past 25 years and these protests are quite extraordinary. ethnic fault lines, they run very deep here in sri lanka, but the cost of living crisis has brought the three major communities the sinhalese, muslims and tamils together. elsewhere in colombo, in a show of strength, the opposition turned up in huge numbers. the present government has led our country to total ba nkru ptcy. there is abject poverty in all sectors of society.
the present government has led our country to total ba nkru ptcy. there is abject poverty in all sectors of society. this government is an incompetent government. it cannot govern, they have to go home. the government is on the back foot. it now admits to a colossal failure in managing the economy. yes, we missed the point. we should have known, for example, 2020 when we started with a fresh government. no one can say that we didn t have the facts. i mean, if you are a good analyst of the economic situation, you should have known that this is coming. the only thing that you couldn t have predicted was the corona impact. the country s economic recovery is going to be long and arduous. these people want to ensure the government gets it right this time. anbarasan ethirajan,