COLOMBO, July 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is willing to resign to make way for all-party government, his office said in a statement on Saturday, after thousands of protesters stormed the president's official residence in Colombo.

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Soldiers and police were unable to hold back the crowd of chanting protesters demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation, as public anger grows over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.
A Facebook livestream from inside the president's house showed hundreds of protesters, some draped in the national flag, packing into rooms and corridors.


Video footage showed some of them splashing in the swimming pool, while others sat on a four-poster bed and sofas. Some could be seen emptying out a chest of drawers in images that were widely circulated on social media.

Hundreds milled about in the grounds of the colonial-era whitewashed residence, with few security personnel in sight.

Rajapaksa had left the official residence on Friday as a safety precaution ahead of the planned weekend demonstration, two defence ministry sources said. Reuters could not immediately confirm the president's whereabouts.

Wickremesinghe held talks with several political party leaders to decide what steps to take following the unrest.

"Wickremesinghe has told the party leaders that he is willing to resign as Prime Minister and make way for an all-party government to take over," his office said in a statement.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/sri-lanka-police-fire-tear-gas-anti-government-protesters-2022-07-09/

And Nigerians has been pampering Buhari??

In Nigeria Army will open fire on the protesters. Then the government will pay media house to debunk any news where the Army opened fire .

Asylum

Bet these Sri Lankans never endured up to half of what we're enduring here in Naija.

This will be a child's play for Tinubu if he is mistakenly elected president. The fact is that this will.be Nigeria's future next year if we don't vote the best candidate.

Mr Peter obi has said many times, the money has finished. There is nothing to share again and yet this isn't ringing alarm bells in the mind of all youths that pain is coming.

The rough days ahead needs all hands to be on the plow. Healthy hands with a good brain who can think and know how to solve the issues we will face. This is not a time for politicians, this is not a time for tribalists, this is not a time for religious extremists. This is the time for economic experts with integrity to help us chart a new path for Nigeria.

Be scared of Next year, be very scared of the current trajectory Nigeria is headed in economically. Prepare to vote right because all our futures depends on it. Don't listen to detractors who say we are online and can't win. APC won online in 2015 and replicated same offline. They are forgetting that because it is going against them .

Join the team of progressives, join the OBIDATTI train for a new Nigeria where your votes count and your voice will be heard.

I am OBIDATTI

Sergio101:
And Nigerians has been pampering Buhari??

It's because the electoral body is a corrupt system... They work for the highest bidder...

If truly the election is fair and free.... the masses would be the ones to elect and not the numbers that they inflict to bring forth the bidder...

Also, for that reason, anyone elected will work for those who made their election possible....

Notice that, the Buhari's election was attributed to people from Chad and Niger coming in through the border to cast their votes.. And rumors have it that Boko Haram and ISWAP are not Nigerians...

And these insurgency groups have been having a filled moment since Buhari stepped in... Therefore, Buhari only served them because they made his election possible....

Vote Peter Obi and he will work for the youths and the masses...

Viscuz:
In Nigeria Army will open fire on the protesters. Then the government will pay media house to debunk any news where the Army opened fire .

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The government doesn't pay the media houses.... It threatens them...

In Nigeria, your fellow masses will attack you before you even dream of reaching the Presidential palace.

JASONjnr:


The government doesn't pay the media houses.... It threatens them...

Exactly

In this useless country here they will order Army to shoot innocent protesters... And some annoying people are still supporting them. Set awon dead vultures griller Mr. Manna, the evil they support will consume them soon Amen

Antimarraige:
. Set awon , the evil they support will consume them soon Amen

Seun Mynd44 Dominique justwise.
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NLPoliceWoman:

Seun Mynd44 Dominique justwise.
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oga nothing like breaking any rules in my comment so go and sit down where you are employed to type annoying rubbish all over the internet. Most annoying person I've ever seen