Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s ruling coalition has lost its majority in parliament and the newly appointed finance minister has resigned as the House is set to reconvene on Tuesday for the first time since the imposition of emergency amid mass protests and demands for the president’s resignation.
Ali Sabry was sworn in as finance minister on Monday after the entire cabinet resigned amid growing public unrest over shortages of food and fuel and prolonged power cuts in the Indian Ocean island nation.
