Are we seeing Sri Lanka鈥檚 鈥楢rab Spring鈥�?
Opposition leader says president has "lost the confidence of the people and the parliament" in Sri Lanka.
Protests have gripped Sri Lanka, with huge crowds calling for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, known as Gota.
The entire cabinet has resigned in response to the crisis but Gota and his brother 鈥� former president, now Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa 鈥� have so far held on.
Shanakiyan Rajaputhiran Rasamanickam is an MP with opposition party, Tamil National Alliance. He tells Newsday: 鈥淭he president is more powerful than the parliament, so even if we were to bring a no-confidence motion and to defeat his majority in parliament, that would not give the parliament supremacy over the country鈥檚 state of affairs."
He says the only solution is if the president resigns 鈥渁nd a multi-party government is formed for a period, which could see Sri Lanka out of this crisis鈥�.
(Picture: Sri Lankans hold placards and shout slogans demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to step down during a protest near president's office at Colombo, Sri Lanka. Monday, 4 April 2022. Credit: Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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