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Parties seek the opposition To form a government coalition and push a representative candidate for the presidency, while the main opposition party announced the nomination of its leader, Sajith Premadasa, for the presidency of the country in the elections to be held by Parliament to choose the president.
Also in the race is the ruling party’s prominent deputy, Dulas Alhapiroma.
The groups participating in the sit-in reject the current president’s continuation in his position, and consider him part of the system corruptioncontributed to the deterioration of the situation in the country.
A spokesman for the protesters camped in Colombo To AFP: "Together with the groups involved in the campaign, we study the direction of the campaign against Ranil Wickremesinghe".
The political researcher specializing in regional security issues, Muhammad Fawzi, believes that the country’s parliament is supposed to announce the new president no later than July 20, noting that the continuation of Wickremesinghe, who is an ally of the former president in the post, will lead to more tensions in the political scene.
Fawzy explained in an interview with the website "Sky News Arabia"that the opposition forces in the country "She categorically rejects Wickremesinghe’s continuation of his position and has threatened to continue protests if Parliament declares so. All scenarios are heading to darker tracks without reaching a political solution by consensus on a unified action map to overcome the political crisis, save the economic situation or provide the basic needs of citizens.".
According to Fawzi, what needs to be done at the moment is "Saving the economic situation, especially that the country has already entered a severe crisis related to shortages food And medical supplies, petroleum derivatives and services, with the public debt rising to historic levels".
Fawzi does not expect a solution soon in the country’s political crisis due to the aggravation of the economic situation, the intensification of political polarization, and the insistence of the country’s ruling party to resubmit the prime minister to the post of president, which is rejected by the political forces.
According to Parliament Speaker, Mahinda Yaba Abiwardena, in a statement, "Nominations for the position of President will be presented in Parliament on July 19. Parliament will vote on July 20 to elect a new president".
It is indicated that economic crisiswhich led to severe shortages of food and medicine and fuel And electricity, it succeeded in achieving what no previous efforts or attempts had achieved, as it united the ethnic Sinhalese majority Buddhists and the Tamil minorities and Muslims – the ethnic groups that are difficult to reconcile – in hatred of Rajapaksa and his surroundings.
The island of 22 million people relies on tourism As a main source of income, a sector that collapsed after the terrorist attacks it was exposed to Sri Lanka In 2019, then the consequences of the Corona pandemic and the Ukrainian crisis, which greatly affected the state’s resources, and the largest tax cuts in the country’s history, granted by Rajapaksa when he assumed the presidency, emptied state coffers.
Days of fuel queues have become the norm in the island nation, and foreign exchange reserves have dwindled to near zero with overall inflation hitting 54.6 percent last month.
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Parties seek the opposition To form a government coalition and push a representative candidate for the presidency, while the main opposition party announced the nomination of its leader, Sajith Premadasa, for the presidency of the country in the elections to be held by Parliament to choose the president.
Also in the race is the ruling party’s prominent deputy, Dulas Alhapiroma.
The groups participating in the sit-in reject the current president’s continuation in his position, and consider him part of the system corruptioncontributed to the deterioration of the situation in the country.
A spokesman for the protesters camped in Colombo “We are studying with the groups involved in the struggle campaign the direction of the campaign against Ranil Wickremesinghe,” he told AFP.
The political researcher specializing in regional security issues, Muhammad Fawzi, believes that the country’s parliament is supposed to announce the new president no later than July 20, noting that the continuation of Wickremesinghe, who is an ally of the former president in the post, will lead to more tensions in the political scene.
Fawzi explained in an interview with “Sky News Arabia” that the opposition forces in the country “categorically reject Wickremesinghe’s continuation of his position and threatened to continue the protests if Parliament announced this. All scenarios are heading to darker paths without reaching a political solution by consensus on a unified action map to bypass The political crisis, saving the economic situation or providing the basic needs of citizens.
According to Fawzy, what must be done at the present time is to “save the economic situation, especially since the country has already entered into a severe crisis related to the lack of food And medical supplies, petroleum derivatives and services, with the public debt rising to historic levels.
Fawzi does not expect a solution soon in the country’s political crisis due to the aggravation of the economic situation, the intensification of political polarization, and the insistence of the country’s ruling party to resubmit the prime minister to the post of president, which is rejected by the political forces.
According to Parliament Speaker, Mahinda Yaba Abiwardena, in a statement, “Nominations for the post of President will be presented in Parliament on July 19. Parliament will vote on July 20 to elect a new President.”
It is indicated that economic crisiswhich led to severe shortages of food and medicine and fuel And electricity, it succeeded in achieving what no previous efforts or attempts had achieved, as it united the ethnic Sinhalese majority Buddhists and the Tamil minorities and Muslims – the ethnic groups that are difficult to reconcile – in hatred of Rajapaksa and his surroundings.
The island of 22 million people relies on tourism As a main source of income, a sector that collapsed after the terrorist attacks it was exposed to Sri Lanka In 2019, then the consequences of the Corona pandemic and the Ukrainian crisis, which greatly affected the state’s resources, and the largest tax cuts in the country’s history, granted by Rajapaksa when he assumed the presidency, emptied state coffers.
Days of fuel queues have become a norm in the island nation, and foreign exchange reserves have dwindled to near zero with overall inflation hitting 54.6 percent last month.