Sri Lanka's economic crisis has resulted in the resignation of all 26 cabinet ministers.

  • April 4, 2022, 10:44 a.m.

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka's cabinet resigned en masse from their positions at a late-night meeting Sunday, the education minister said, as anti-government protests escalated despite curfews.

All 26 ministers, aside from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, stepped down, education minister Dinesh Gunawardena told reporters.

Gunawardena said that the decision was taken after discussing the worsening economic crisis.

Three other members of the powerful Rajapaksa family were among those who quit amid mounting public anger against the acute shortages of food, fuel, and medicine plaguing the South Asian nation of 22 million.

The youngest Rajapaksa brother, finance minister Basil, and their eldest, Chamal, who held the agricultural portfolio, and the family's scion, Namal, the sports minister, all resigned.

The move came after thousands of people defied a weekend curfew Sunday to protest across the island demanding the ouster of the Rajapaksa family, which returned to power in November 2019.

Author : Rajdhani Delhi Representative

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