'Now the president must resign,' said one protester in Colombo. 'If he wants peace to prevail, he must step down.'
have nearly dismantled the Rajapaksa political dynasty that has ruled Sri Lanka for most of the past two decades.
Wickremesinghe took over as prime minister in May and protests temporarily waned in the hope he could find cash for the country’s urgent needs. Thyagi Ruwanpathirana, a researcher at Amnesty International told Al Jazeera Sri Lanka will"not come out of this crisis for some time."
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