Before it became the ‘Aragalaya’. Before it became a bandwagon for the JVP. Before the antharé and the political speeches and the Gotagogama. Just regular Sri Lankan people, desperate and angry and demanding change. Green Path, Colombo. 4th April 2022.
Before it became the ‘Aragalaya’. Before it became a bandwagon for the JVP. Before the antharé and the street performers and the Gotagogama. Just regular Sri Lankan people, desperate and angry and demanding change. Green Path, Colombo. 4th April 2022.
Inconclusive parliamentary posturing by the government and opposition has further angered protestors calling for the resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his entire cabinet. Corruption, ineptitude, and nepotism in the Rajapakse government has been blamed for the country’s crippling energy crisis. A cabinet reshuffle on 4th April failed to satisfy dissidents refusing to accept anything short of a complete change of government, and demonstrations continued throughout the week, all across the country, in small but consistent groups; and a massive million-strong protest has been announcedfor 9th April in Colombo.
Protestors outside Temple Trees, the official residence of sacked Sri Lankan prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, demand the reconvening of Parliament. October 2018.Continue reading “The Demand for Democracy”→
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