UPDATES:
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MP died during an armed standoff with workers after firing multiple rounds from handgun into the crowd.
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Uprisings started in retaliation against attacks by Pro- #Rajapaksa supporters on peaceful protests.
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Military has been mobilized to defend gov residences.
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Administrative Secretary Renuka Perera's house has been stormed by a crowd of workers.
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Curfew put in place.
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Rumors online circulating about the prime minister attempting to flee.
many communist parties have join and supported the protests
there's 3 main communist parties: Communist Party of Sri Lanka who are like a normal ML party, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna who are a more reformist party like the one in kerala and were the ones who fought in the civil war, and the Ceylon Communist Party who are a maoist party who are allies with the naxalites and the nepal maoists
also theres a bunch of trot splinters
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The permanent counter-revolution
Which communist party does the Sri Lankan president belong to?
None, he and his brother arent communists
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Prove it. Which party dude?
His current party is called Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. They're economically social democrats, and socially right wing.