Prime minister agrees to step down as economic crisis triggers severe shortage of foreign currency
A view of a part of the private residence of the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after it was burnt by demonstrators in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 10 2022. Picture: DINUKA LIYANAWATTE/REUTERS
The International Monetary Fund , which has been in talks with the Sri Lankan government for a possible $3bn bailout, said on Sunday it was monitoring events closely. On Sunday, people took the opportunity to tour the colonial-era building. Members of the security forces, some with assault rifles, stood outside the compound but did not stop people from going in.
Nearby, a group of young men lounged on a four-poster bed and others jostled for turns on a treadmill with a view, set up in front of large windows overlooking manicured lawns. Like most Sri Lankans, Chandrawathi said her family was struggling to make ends meet, battered by record inflation, currency depreciation, rolling power cuts and chronic fuel shortages.
“If he doesn’t go, I will continue to come here and I will continue to sleep here until he does,” he said.
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