Posted on 07/09/2022 10:14:21 AM PDT by Morgana
Thousands of protesters have stormed the prime minster's house in the capital of Colombo and set it on fire today, hours after he said he would resign when a new government is formed, in the biggest day of angry demonstrations on Saturday that also saw crowds storming the president's home and office.
Protesters have set the Prime Minister's residence on fire and broken into the President's home, hours after the Prime Minister he said he would resign over a worsening economic crisis. In videos on social media, red smoke can be seen rising into the sky, as flames take hold.
The office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the protesters forced their way into his Colombo home on Saturday evening. It's not immediately clear if he was inside at the time of the attack. He said earlier that he will resign only when all parties have agreed on a new government.
He was responding to a call by leaders of political parties represented in Parliament that he and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa quit, after tens of thousands of people trooped to the capital to vent their fury at the leaders they hold responsible for the nation's worst economic and political crisis.
'Today in this country we have a fuel crisis, a food shortage, we have the head of the World Food Program coming here and we have several matters to discuss with the IMF. Therefore, if this government leaves there should be another government,' he said.
But he made it clear he will not step down before a new government is formed, angering crowds that moved near his home to force him to leave office immediately.
Some protesters, holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets, also swam in the presidential swimming pool, video footage from local TV news NewsFirst channel showed.
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Muslims ...burning in protest.
Next up: car bombs, kidnappings and orange jump suits.
Evil globalist bastards want to control our lives with this climate change BS! Never give up your guns people
They were just biden their time.
Same thing needs to happen to Dementia Joe for similar reasons.
Our version, or at least the item these rat bastard are working in now, is the “transition” to green energy. No one asked Biden what the steps in the transition are. Actually we’re in step one, which is permanent crippling high prices for fossil fuels. They figure if you’re going to make an omelet you have to break a few eggs
“...so that EU leaders can discuss classified information without Russian or other spies...”
Pointless.. half those EU pukes are probably double agents for Russia anyways.
What you some do not realize, is that what you are seeing is just the beginning.
The poorest and weakest will get hit first.
Food shortages and energy costs...
Wasn't that war idea in the Ukraine great? Where do you think many of these places get their food/energy from?
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/sri-lanka-russia-vladimir-putin-fuel-rcna37038 (energy)
Russia isn't Iraq. Screwing with them has real consequences. Even for us. Just wait.
Countries like Egypt, Pakistan... are all threatened by this.
“We” have thrown the world into chaos and you're about to see a lot more governments topple. Even our Euro allies are in a world of shit once we get into fall/winter. When people are hungry or freezing, or sweating their balls off, they don't care about some US MSM flowery report on some Ukrainian girls with a blue and yellow ribbon in her hair holding a rifle, all in support of a war Biden started by agreeing to Ukrainian NATO membership.
We think we're insulated, but we're not.
Sri Lanka won’t be the last country to go up in flames before this is over.
The prime minster’s house is not too green to burn
I guess Russia will have to spy the old fashioned way—human intelligence.
They are kinda good at that—lots of practice for many decades...
These days it is a trivial exercise.
Use ongoing Internet and/or electronic surveillance to find the weaknesses of government officials.
Blackmail and bribe.
Next.
;-)
I saw a phrase somewhere, maybe here. “The green dark ages.”
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We’d all love to change the world
"'Cause don'cha know it's gonna be....alright!"
these people have way more guts than people here in the US. Our politicians are literally selling us down the river on a daily basis and become bolder each week, and people who say they care just can’t (or won’t) organize to stop them.
How does the saying go, Civilization is just 5 meals away from chaos?
Jan 6, hold my beer.
“Muslims ...burning in protest.”
Isn’t that what they always do on a daily basis anyway? Why is this news? It’s like reporting about another shooting in Chicago, yawn!
The fire could be the result of a clean up crew destroying evidence for the PM and deep state.
https://t.me/s/CIG_telegram/20801
Photos from inside the Presidential Palace (a bunch of them are laying in his bed. This is what revolution looks like.)
Sri Lankan consumer price inflation (chart). Many speculate that Pakistan may follow next in systemal collapse.
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