Economic crisis; Sri Lankan parties agree to form all-party interim government

In the ongoing turmoil of the crippling economic crisis in Srilanka, the opposition including all agrees to form an all-party interim government after the resignation of the president. Due to the political turmoil that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to offer their resignations over the mishandling of the nation’s crippling economic crisis.

Opposition parties held talks to seek ways to steer the country forward in the current unprecedented economic crisis after Rajapaksa’s resignation. President Rajapaksa informed Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Saturday that he will resign on Wednesday after the country’s opposition parties demanded his resignation.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has also offered to resign. Meanwhile, the protesters who have occupied the key administration buildings since Saturday’s mass protests said they would not leave until Rajapaksa resigns. Sri Lankans were seen roaming through the ransacked presidential palace on Sunday. There were no reports of violence unlike on Saturday.