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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of national emergency on Friday in response to rising discontent in the country as a result of the country’s economic difficulties. According to local media, he issued an extraordinary gazette declaring a state of emergency in the island nation. According to the Daily Mirror, the Gazette was published in light of the country’s current position and in the interests of public security, public order protection, and the preservation of supplies and services necessary to community life.
The President published the gazette using the authority granted to him by Section 2 of the Public Security Ordinance (Chapter 40), as amended by Act No. 8 of 1959. Law No. 6 of 1978 and Act No. 28 of 1988 In addition, Sri Lanka enforced a six-hour police curfew in the Western Province, which will end at 6 a.m. today.
“A police spokeswoman confirmed on Friday that a police curfew will be in force throughout the Western Province from midnight to 6.00 a.m. April 2 (tomorrow),” a police spokesperson stated on Friday, according to the Daily Mirror.
The decision came a day after many protestors rallied outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s mansion on Thursday, as the island nation faced an unprecedented economic crisis. According to police, 45 persons were arrested for allegedly taking part in the protests outside the President’s mansion.
The demonstration was organised in response to the government’s refusal to solve the island nation’s existing problems. Protesters battled with police outside President Rajapaksa’s Mirihana mansion.
Due to the collapse of the tourism industry, Sri Lanka’s economy has been in free fall since the COVID-19 outbreak. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing a foreign exchange shortfall, which has resulted in a shortage of food, gasoline, power, and gas, and has sought economic assistance from friendly countries.
