‘Supreme power of people’: Sri Lanka marks 100 days of protests

in hive-102306 •  2 years ago 

After 100 days, the majority-youth-led uprising against the island's greatest economic crisis ever is still going, according to some.

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Sri Lanka's Colombo A 100-day public protest campaign against Sri Lanka's greatest economic crisis has been mostly spearheaded by youngsters.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa even left the nation last week to avoid the unrest. During that time, the demonstrators compelled two brothers from the once-powerful but now-unpopular Rajapaksa dynasty to step down as president and prime minister, respectively.

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