in colombo near the main protest site and it s a huge investment sri lanka s biggest foreign direct investment projects. but still they are not willing to restructure the debt. that is also impacting the overall discussions the government is holding with the imf. because, presumably, china could have saved the rajapaksa regime if it had wanted to? yes, technically they could have saved. what analysts are saying is that president gotabaya rajapaksa and his brother, formerfinance minister, basil rajapaksa, were not really helpful, or not to china, that led to this attitude of china. so what s going to happen?
in colombo near the main protest site and it s a huge investment sri lanka s biggest foreign direct investment projects. but still they are not willing to restructure the debt. that is also impacting the overall discussions the government is holding with the imf. because, presumably, china could have saved the rajapaksa regime if it had wanted to? yes, technically they could have saved. what analysts are saying is that president gotabaya rajapaksa and his brother, formerfinance minister, basil rajapaksa, were not really helpful, or not to china, that led to this attitude of china. so what s going to happen?
atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters have was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country. he fled on a militaryjet with members of his family. we don t know where exactly he s headed to. he d been in hiding for the last few days, ever since his home, his official residence, was overrun by protesters. it wasn tjust his official residence, in fact over there his presidential secretariat, his offices, that was also overrun by protesters. you can see the aftermath now. days on, the protesters here are sleeping on the grounds and on the steps. we also know that the president s brother
departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country. he fled on a militaryjet with members of his family. he d been in hiding for the last few days, ever since his home, his official residence, was overrun by protesters. it wasn tjust his official residence, in fact over there his presidential secretariat, his offices, that was also overrun by protesters. you can see the aftermath now. days on, the protesters here are sleeping on the grounds and on the steps. we also know that the president s brother
that the speaker of parliament saying nothing yet, but there should be something official by this evening colombo time. quite a few hours still to wait if that is the case, but crowds expectant in anticipation of the president s resignation. they blame him for the economic crisis which has crippled the country, and it has left it short of funds for critical issues, buying medicine, fuel and food. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront, which has been a protest site for many weeks, one of the main demands protesters had was for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. demands protesters had was their slogan, their chant was go home, gota . we now know that president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country. he fled on a militaryjet with members of his family.