Sri Lanka crisis: Visuals of protesters ascending the prime minister’s residence in Colombo leave people startled

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The economic situation in Sri Lanka is the worst it has ever experienced. When it was revealed that President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled the nation covertly, things worsened. As a result of a public outcry against his government’s mismanagement of the nation’s economy, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on a military jet on Wednesday, prompting Sri Lanka to impose a state of emergency. He departed with his wife, a bodyguard, and. Following that, tens of thousands of protesters flocked to the streets, and some of them attacked the prime minister’s house in Colombo, calling for Ranil Wickremesinghe, the president, to step down.

Dramatic images from the home of the Sri Lankan prime minister have gone popular online. In the videos, a sizable military presence is visible inside the home, attempting to keep the demonstrators from entering but failing. They stormed the prime minister’s office and demanded his resignation after bursting past a barricade despite being doused in tear gas. The video has stunned online users.

The protesters, in the eyes of the uninitiated, are protesting against the Prime Minister, who is expected to be named interim president. In accordance with the Sri Lankan Constitution, the Prime Minister will be named as the acting President when there is no President, but the demonstrators are unhappy with this choice and are therefore calling for Wickremesinghe to step down.