Sri Lanka PM tells military to do whatever necessary to restore order

BBC ^ | July 13 | BBC

[RandFan]

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the military to do "whatever is necessary to restore order" after protesters stormed his office on Wednesday.

Mr Wickremesinghe has been appointed acting president by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has fled the country.

But the decision to leave him in charge triggered further protests demanding that the prime minister must also go.

Sri Lanka has been suffering from its worst economic crisis in decades.

Many blame the Rajapaksa administration for the crisis and see Mr Wickremesinghe, who became prime minister in May, as part of the problem.

On Wednesday, for the second time in less than a week, protesters broke into a highly secure state building. This time it was the prime minister's office.

Echoing earlier scenes over the weekend of the occupied president's official residence, people in the prime minister's office lounged on plush sofas snapping photos, while others stood on chairs and desks waving the Sri Lankan flag.

Outside the president's office, the BBC's Tessa Wong said armed soldiers stood by impassively watching the protesters celebrate inside the office.

And demonstrators ignored the prime minister's calls for the office to be emptied.

[RandFan]

Is this an "insurrection"?.

[lee martell]

What a name the former Primer Minister has!
Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Try saying that name three times really fast.

In America, he would have to chop that thing down some,
two maybe three syllables at most.

[Jane Long]

Ran Wick.

[KarlInOhio]

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has told the military to do "whatever is necessary to restore order" 

How often is the necessary action exiling or shooting the prime minister and taking over?

[Paladin2]

The peeps need to burn the CCP embassy down and take control of all CCP assets on the island..

[fidelis]

Just try putting that on the back of a sports jersey.

[SaveFerris]

Go Green

Go Hungry

Apparently

[Karl Spooner]

They left out the the tradition of fleeing politicians.

"President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has fled the country and it's not clear how much gold he took with him."

[caww]

An Angry society showing they’ve had enough. ...simple.

[WKUHilltopper]

He make that decree hiding out somewhere?

[caww]

Sure!

[JennysCool]

Ran Wick.

First Sri Lankan action hero.

[caww]

[SpaceBar]

The mob needs to find this PM and make an example of him.

[caww]

[skimbell]

He may not like what the military decides is necessary.
I bet the “elites” across the world are watching this pretty closely.
I think they'd be well advised to pay attention.
Seems like a lot of people in a lot of places are getting pretty fed up with a lot of this bullchit.

[caww]

The people are calling this a Revolution.....

[proxy_user]

Military: How is the payroll looking? Got any money left, chief?

[caww]

Funny as Canada’s Trudeau has publically stated “CANADA SUPPORTS THE SRI-LANKA PEOPLE!

[Organic Panic]

And what will the military members eat? And being a small island the soldiers aren’t going to be able to remain anonymous.

Yet another story completely ignoring WHY Sri Lanka is a mess.