China News Service, July 13. According to Agence France-Presse, the Sri Lankan Prime Minister's Office said on the 13th local time that Sri Lanka, which was in deep bankruptcy, announced a national declaration on the same day, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country. Enter a state of emergency.
On the 10th local time, large-scale demonstrations in Sri Lanka were still going on.
According to reports, a spokesman for Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said that due to the departure of the country's president, the Prime Minister's Office has declared a state of emergency in Sri Lanka in the face of the current situation.
Sri Lankan police said they would impose an indefinite curfew in western provinces, including the capital Colombo, to curb growing demonstrations following the president's departure.
Police had to fire tear gas into the crowd as thousands of protesters besieged the prime minister's office, reports said.
In recent months, Sri Lanka has faced problems such as lack of foreign exchange, soaring prices, and shortage of electricity and oil supply. Protesters have launched successive demonstrations and protests, demanding that the government quickly solve the economic crisis facing the country.
On the 9th, large-scale demonstrations occurred in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, and a large number of protesters set fire to the Prime Minister's residence.
Protesters also broke into the presidential residence. They took pictures, rested, exercised, swam, and even simulated officials "meetings" in the main conference room of the residence.
On the same day, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said he would resign.
On the same day, President Rajapaksa also said that he had informed Speaker Abe Wadena that he would resign from the presidency on the 13th.
On the 11th, Rajapaksa officially announced his resignation.
On the same day, Abeywardena said that the Sri Lankan parliament will accept the nomination of presidential candidates on the 19th and will elect a new president on the 20th.
However, earlier on the 13th, Rajapaksa suddenly left the country.
Agence France-Presse quoted the Maldivian capital Male airport officials as saying that after arriving in the Maldives with his wife, he was escorted by the police to an undisclosed location.