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Waandamanaji wamesema wataendelea kubaki katika Makazi ya Rais na Waziri Mkuu hadi Viongozi hao watakapojiuzulu rasmi. Kwa mujibu wa Spika wa Bunge la Nchi hiyo, Rais Gotabaya Rajapaksa atajiuzulu Julai 13, 2022.
Rais Rajapaksa hajaonekana na hakutoa kauli ya kujiuzulu mwenyewe moja kwa moja. Baadhi ya Ripoti zinadai yupo katika Meli ya Kijeshi.
Utulivu umeonekana kurejea katika Mji Mkuu wa Colombo. Baadhi ya Maafisa wa Vyombo vya Usalama wenye silaha wameonekana nje ya Makazi ya Rais, lakini hawajazuia Wananchi kuingia.
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Protesters have said they will continue to occupy the Sri Lankan presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would step down on 13 July, according to an announcement made by the parliament's speaker on Saturday
But the president has not been seen or made a public statement himself.
Military sources have told the BBC that he is currently on a Navy vessel in Sri Lankan waters.
His brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, is on a naval base in the country, the sources say
Thousands descended on Colombo on Saturday demanding his resignation after months of protests
The president has been blamed for the country's economic mismanagement, which has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine for months
Current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also said he would step down following Saturday's protests, in which his private residence was set on fire
But protesters remain sceptical about the leaders' intentions
"Our struggle is not over," student protest leader Lahiru Weerasekara said, quoted by AFP. "We won't give up this struggle until [President Rajapaksa] actually leaves," he said
"The next couple of days are going to be extremely uncertain times as to see what transpires politically," political analyst and human rights lawyer Bhavani Fonseka told Reuters, adding that it would be interesting to see if the two leaders "actually resign"
Political leaders held further meetings to discuss a smooth transition of power on Sunday
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said that any new government needed to immediately focus on long-term economic stability
The speaker of Sri Lanka's parliament told the BBC World Service Newshour programme that a new cross-party coalition government must be formed within a week of the president officially stepping down
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, who is a member of the president's governing party, mostly blamed Covid-19 for the country's economic woes
"The Covid pandemic has created havoc in the country economically so we had to spend all our money on vaccinations," he said.
Source: BBC
Rais Rajapaksa hajaonekana na hakutoa kauli ya kujiuzulu mwenyewe moja kwa moja. Baadhi ya Ripoti zinadai yupo katika Meli ya Kijeshi.
Utulivu umeonekana kurejea katika Mji Mkuu wa Colombo. Baadhi ya Maafisa wa Vyombo vya Usalama wenye silaha wameonekana nje ya Makazi ya Rais, lakini hawajazuia Wananchi kuingia.
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Protesters have said they will continue to occupy the Sri Lankan presidential and prime ministerial residences until both leaders officially resign
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he would step down on 13 July, according to an announcement made by the parliament's speaker on Saturday
But the president has not been seen or made a public statement himself.
Military sources have told the BBC that he is currently on a Navy vessel in Sri Lankan waters.
His brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, is on a naval base in the country, the sources say
Thousands descended on Colombo on Saturday demanding his resignation after months of protests
The president has been blamed for the country's economic mismanagement, which has caused shortages of food, fuel and medicine for months
Current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also said he would step down following Saturday's protests, in which his private residence was set on fire
But protesters remain sceptical about the leaders' intentions
"Our struggle is not over," student protest leader Lahiru Weerasekara said, quoted by AFP. "We won't give up this struggle until [President Rajapaksa] actually leaves," he said
"The next couple of days are going to be extremely uncertain times as to see what transpires politically," political analyst and human rights lawyer Bhavani Fonseka told Reuters, adding that it would be interesting to see if the two leaders "actually resign"
Political leaders held further meetings to discuss a smooth transition of power on Sunday
The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, said that any new government needed to immediately focus on long-term economic stability
The speaker of Sri Lanka's parliament told the BBC World Service Newshour programme that a new cross-party coalition government must be formed within a week of the president officially stepping down
Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, who is a member of the president's governing party, mostly blamed Covid-19 for the country's economic woes
"The Covid pandemic has created havoc in the country economically so we had to spend all our money on vaccinations," he said.
Source: BBC
