Epicentre Colombo
The visuals from Colombo are testimony to the frustration and anger of a long suffering people finally boiling over (Page 1, “Amid protests, Gotabaya agrees to quit”, July 10) Things would not have come to such a pass had the ruling dispensation heeded the signs earlier and forged a process of forming a national unity government. The appeal by young protesters to the people taking over the Presidential Secretariat not to vandalise or take away items from the premises also exemplifies the civil nature of the agitation. This is a high point.
Finally, rulers all over the world should take this lesson to heart: if they wish to take credit for and bask in the glory of ‘good times’, they should be equally ready to pay for the ‘bad times’ visiting the people due to their policies. After all, this is what comes of hyperbole, megalomaniacal self-glorification and a concentration of power.
