COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) – Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party rejected the president’s invitation to form a unity government, as protests continued on Monday over the country’s worst economic crisis in memory and deepening mistrust in his leadership.
All 26 Cabinet ministers handed in their resignations on Sunday night after thousands of people defied a state of emergency and curfew and joined street protests denouncing the government.
A Monday statement from the office of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who assumed emergency powers by decree at midnight on Friday, said he “invites all political parties represented in the Parliament to come together to accept ministerial portfolios in order to find solutions to this national crisis”.
More details on Wednesday’s Borneo Bulletin
