Ive been physical and welcome to language have been taking to the streets for months, demanding change. The economies collapsed. Food prices go up a free day. Its hard to get your hands on medicine and you have to line up a days for fuel. Have a listen to what this demonstrator has to say. You want to give up because what the country need these up does it does is some takes a different, i mean you want to get rid of this set up it, buddy taishan. So thats what we are doing well. Asked lee to go to buy a roger poxy who fled the country up to mass protests over his handling of the economy is replaced by Prime Minister because im a single in the right. But hes seen as his ally protesters on both of them out the dont believe in him this. Hes not the correct choice at this moment. Now ill is gary ward that i was dead corrupt prisoners. Later the, the people of she lanka has not been given what they deserve, which is peace and all a peace of mind. And the basic necessities being meant there was high security around the parliamentary complex as became a singer, took on his new role. His office said he wants to form a unity government to manage the turmoil. The new president is a familiar face and sri lanka. Having served 6 times as Prime Minister, which in sri lanka is the deputy to the president. He was sworn in and signed himself on as the elected head of state. Though in this case, it was Parliament Well elected him. Amidst the countrys turmoil, the grandma single election had been greeted by yet another surge of protests and colombo, from the same movement, had pushed out his predecessor as d. W. Corresponded when youre a chaudhry explains why dick, for the past you did that be saw been done, it took over as the Prime Minister of the country and as the acting president after beds and go to baggage bucks are designed. People have been frustrated that took over the pms office as well and protested, saying that they wanted run into grandma thing not to step down. And now that he has one, they are not happy. The grandma singer has said he will bring opposition lawmakers into his cabinet, but about a tough line after his election against troublemakers. Why dont you seek to destroy the denton democracy . Them then be dealt with the law by the law. But either i would like to bring it with you on forget it. Ronald dick. Remo singer is a lawyer, turned politician who won his 1st parliamentary election in 1977. Hes considered a technocrat with deep technical understanding of sri lanka, as economic woes. He says negotiations on an International Monetary find a bailout are near a deal, but his toughest task may be distancing himself from his ties to the previous government. And convincing those who already want him out, that he should stay. Lets analyze this with lawyer activist and former commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of sri lanka. And because that could have not done great to have you, he whats going to happen next with the turmoil in your country. Well, its hard to predict because them is and i will become missing. I was sworn as president today, and the fact is he did not win seat to parliament in the general elections in 2020, when he was appointed as Prime Minister by the previous president to go to bed raj proctor. That was a lot of opposition and an uproar public up role. When he not was nominated to contest for the position of parliament, which he won with the votes of the previous president s party. All of which showed that he does not have public trust of public legitimacy. And also with that, he is in a way, a proxy for the roger boxes because they nominated him and their party elected him, which means hes also going to be protecting them and they might just turn out to be more of the same no matter the lack of legitimacy or his links, does he have the ability to, to fix the nations problems despite that . Well, the point is that we are, well, one would be dead. But also the issue is that we must not look to him only as an individual. And there are many who are saying that the other candidates, for instance, would not have been able to. And i think that one of the problems that trailer has always had is focusing on individuals and making them save years instead of focusing on our institutions and our processes and strengthening them. Whoever is in that position. They do need to follow 2nd steps. They need to listen to the experts and they need to keep the National Interest at heart. So the best option that we see Going Forward towards economic recovery in order to have stability is to call for general elections as soon as practically possible is not going to stretch things out even further. I mean, what happens in the meantime . Well, for lanka, which is bankrupt, waits for its bailout from the International Monetary fund, which is going to take months. Well, the International Monetary fund has, i just saw theyve been on today that they plan to complete the negotiations as soon as possible. And also elections has also created about the fact that we cant afford elections, but once again, i can also be assistance that we can obtain to ward dish. And while we wait for elections to be held, all preparations are being made of mr. Vick grimacing. Who will be president , which means he should continue with the business of governing in the National Interest. And because what happens though, in the mean time with the protests, im sure a lot of those demonstrators arent going to give up yes, ano yesterday. And again today many of them have said that they will not give up because they do not find to him legit you meant to and that they will continue still back. We have to see how docked progresses, particularly the students who have been at the full find of the protests have said that they will not give up until he designs in that sense to have a president , particularly during such a time of ta mile when the public is suffering a president who does not seem to also have empathy and who does not have public trust is cause for great concern. So what we hope, as i said before, is that we can go for gender elections. I can also have a parliament that is different and not in the clutches of the roger boxes that will enable us to move towards economic recovery and stability. They will be closely watching this. Im sure you will be to form a commissioner of the Human Rights Commission of sri lanka because thats called a not on thank you. Is another problem we havent talked about yet, and that is that sri lanka also needs tourism. Its a huge money spent up. It wants pump billions of dollars in the economy in 2018, around 5 percent of gross domestic product. But in 2019 a terror attack devastated the sector in the pandemic shutdown everything. And who wants to visit the country suffering from whats now become a humanitarian crisis. And the people cant even afford to feed themselves. Some blame sri lanka is close ties with china for its economic collapse. Beijing extended 12000000000. 00 in loans to the government between 22020. 00 Infrastructure Projects like the one behind me. The multi 1000000000 dollar port in humble toyota hometown of recently fled, president go to buy a roger pox a was a flagship project in chinas belton Road Initiative when it opened in 2010. 7 years later, the port was seated to chinese control after sri lanka realised a could no longer pay off the loans. A case study in debt trap, diplomacy, beijing, a sri lanka, single biggest creditor, accounting for 10 percent of the countrys foreign debt. The pandemic soaring energy costs and global Food Shortages brought about by the ukraine war have left states like pakistan, philippines, and laos struggling to pay their belgian road obligations. China says it will help sri lanka, but its vague on the details. To bargain chinas ready to work with countries and Financial Institutions to keep playing a positive role in helping sri lanka overcome its difficulties and ease its debt burden, particularly which on his own economy under pressure, state banks are more eager than ever to collect on belton road debt, little tune and reported from china for years and has closely watched the roll out of this new silk road project. No ones forced re lanka to sign up to anything. But why if the International Monetary fund offers rights of between one and 3 percent, would you sign up to a lending rate of 3 to 6 percent . Well, one of the great things about the belton road project for a lot of countries is the fact that these loans come with pretty much no Strings Attached at china doesnt do the same levels of Due Diligence that the i m f does. So for example, when the i m f lens money, you have to show that its sustainable that you will be able to pay back. Usually have to reform yourself as well. Thats right. You have to do these sort of things. You have to be transparent and how you do the dealings. China doesnt really care about that and, and thats why i mean, even in this particular deals that the, im been told a porch is, is in roger boxer. Theyre in their hometown shows that you know, this clearly specialists and their own interests are being represented here and the i, m f might have had a problem with that for example. So you can sort of see that theres a lot of these different elements at work, but then its a win win. Isnt it full for china or lose lose for sri lanka by, by the sounds of it. Whats china going to do about this though . Because it could all back fire if, if, if they dont get their money back. Thats right. But as we saw in the report, john is being quite vague about what they say. Theyre going to be supportive and, but there arent really any precedents for, for them in this. Im in, this is the most severe test that the belgian Road Initiative has faced sin in the, in the 9 years since it was started. And so to remains, it will have to see if theyre going to be and if theyre going to really push people, if theyre going to start seizing assets, which is what happens in, in sri lanka before with the port. And that will be very serious at would also be a big boost for chinas regional and strategy of becoming more prominent and of, of increasing its muscle in the region. Talking about the region. What about india . One of chinas rivals i, sri lanka, closest neighbor and a big investor as well. Yeah, i mean theres a big power play going between india and china. Right now weve seen this in many, in many different areas. And theyre professing closeness at the moment because theyre part of the bricks, grouping with brazil and russia, that theyre all sort of, that theyre showing this sort of new closeness. But at the back of it, theres still a lot of regional issues between the 2 indians. Just overtaken china is the most populous nation in the world are, is about to this year. And so theres a lot of competitive competition between the 2 am. India is not really involved in the, in the belgian Road Initiative. And its, its basically wants to push its own interests. So i think that and were going to see theyve, theyve given a lot of money to sri lanka, a lot of support. I think were going to see more of that. And am china is really going to have to step up if it wants to, to win with this sir. You know, this kept to capture sri lankan hearts and minds is going to have to step up its activities that occurred at thank you very much. And thank you for joining us on d. W. s asia. I ben fizzle. And ill see you at the same time. Same place to mark it on the w. O. People and trucks injured one trying to flee the city center. More and more refugees are being turned away. 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Im going to talk to the women at the heart of the process. Germanys foreign minister and alina burbock, and lena bear bog, many thanks for joining deutsch villa. I would like to begin with the war and ukraine, which of course, is the backdrop to developing a japanese new National Security strategy. Youre rushing counterparts take a level of has just said that russia is expanding its focus of from donors can low hands in the east of the country or to harrison and other regions in the south. This seems to confirm that the notion that russia is aiming to annex these territories, perhaps even cut off ukraine