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Sri Lanka's protests started with plan hatched in a tent. Within months, thousands would storm the president's luxury residence

Inside a tent across the road from Colombo's famous seaside park, plans were hatched to occupy the luxury residence of the president and the prime minister's office. After months of demonstrations, these protesters have hope for the future.

ABC News

Sri Lanka’s political crisis continues as Ranil Wickremesinghe bids to be president

Protesters angry prime minister who they say propped up Rajapaksa dynasty in running to lead country

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka kicks off process to choose new president

Parliament meets to begin choosing a new leader after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled and resigned following protests.

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Watching Sri Lanka’s democracy teeter amid popular uprisings

Los Angeles Times

Sri Lanka begins to choose a leader to replace the ex-president

Sri Lankan lawmakers met Saturday to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled and resigned after mass protests over the country's economic crisis.

WEKU

India assures Sri Lanka continued support to democracy, stability and economic recovery

The assurance was given to Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena by India's High Commissioner Gopal Baglay when he called on the Sri Lankan leader.

The Hindu

Sri Lanka's ousted president says he 'took all possible steps' to prevent crisis

Sri Lanka’s ousted president, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took "all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.

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Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace ex-president

Sri Lankan lawmakers are preparing to meet Saturday to begin choosing a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by the president who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse

The Independent UK

‘I screamed and cried’: how Sri Lankan protesters unseated their president

Sri Lanka’s triumphant protesters celebrate Rajapaska’s departure, but say bigger systemic changes still needed

The Guardian - UK

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The Hindu

The Weekly Wrap for Saturday, 16 July 2022

This week, a tour of the Subcontinent. Gotabaya Rajapaksa finally took the hint and people partied through the state of emergency. Pakistan is flooding (both ways) and India claims more bragging rights.

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Sri Lanka: A bad 'Band of Brothers'

'How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked (in Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises). "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." Sri Lanka is much the same.

Bangkok Post

AP Interview: Sri Lankan candidate to 'listen to the people'

Sri Lanka’s opposition leader, who will seek the presidency next week, is vowing to “listen to the people” who are struggling through the island nation’s worst economic crisis

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka political dynasty ends after nearly 20 years as Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns

It comes after weeks of protests over the nation’s staggering economic collapse

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Radio France Internationale

Sri Lanka's PM named acting president until election next week

The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week, prompting relief. Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as acting president until parliament elects a new president on Wednesday.

Al Jazeera

PM Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president

Wickremesinghe says he will follow constitutional process and establish law and order in crisis-hit country.

WEKU

The naming of an interim president puts an end to a political dynasty in Sri Lanka

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka's interim president until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests forced him from office.

Dynamite News

Lanka Turmoil: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes Sri Lanka's interim President

Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was acting President since Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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France 24

Sri Lanka PM becomes acting president, election set for July 20

Sri Lanka's parliament will vote on a new president Wednesday, July 20, the speaker's office said, following the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after he was driven out of the country. Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as acting president on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sri Lankan Speaker Says President's Resignation Accepted

The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down. The formal declaration makes Gotabaya Rajapaksa -- once known as 'The Terminator' for his ruthless crushing…

Al Jazeera

The divisive legacy of Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit ends the clan’s rule after more than 20 years as the nation battles its worst economic crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: How one family’s disastrous reign dragged Sri Lanka to the brink

In today’s newsletter: The south Asian country entered a state of emergency this week after ousting the ruling Rajapaksa family. Nimo Omer explains how Sri Lanka got here

Axios

Sri Lanka's Parliament to convene after president resigns

Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa ousted, ally nominated as successor

Sri Lanka's parliament accepted the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday after he fled the country, paving the way for lawmakers to start repairing the island's shattered politics and resume efforts to ease its economic crisis.

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka swears in interim president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns

Ranil Wickremesinghe to serve until MPs vote for new leader next week after months of protests over economic crisis

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