UPDATES:

  • MP died during an armed standoff with workers after firing multiple rounds from handgun into the crowd.

  • Uprisings started in retaliation against attacks by Pro- #Rajapaksa supporters on peaceful protests.

  • Military has been mobilized to defend gov residences.

  • Administrative Secretary Renuka Perera's house has been stormed by a crowd of workers.

  • Curfew put in place.

  • Rumors online circulating about the prime minister attempting to flee.

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many communist parties have join and supported the protests

  • kristina [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    fomenting worldfire hours. i just wanna know how the banks, churches, and prisons are doing :back-to-me-shining:

    recent news that mentioned the commies:

    May 09, Colombo: Former President Maithripala Sirisena, the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), has said that the present government has committed the most foolish act in recent history by aiding and abetting a mob attack on peaceful protesters in front of Galle Face Green and Temple Trees.

    The former President said the country would suffer the consequences of the government’s action both locally and internationally, adding that this was an act that should not be done by a government.

    Former President Maithripala Sirisena made this statement addressing a media briefing held today (9) at the office of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka by independent groups of parliamentarians.

    The former President said that the attack on innocent people carried out by the ruling party supporters with the backing of the government was a heinous act and condemned it with contempt.

    The former President said in the aftermath of the attack, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will also have to soon step down as the Prime Minister.

    MP Udaya Gammanpila, the Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (JHU) said since according to the criminal law, all those who aided and abetted a crime should be arrested and all those who supported the attack on peaceful protesters should be arrested for complicity in the crime. Without doing so, the government will not be able to bring peace and tranquility to the people, he said.

    MP Gammanpila said the failure of the police to stop Mahinda Rajapaksa’s supporters from reaching the peaceful protest site at Galle Face and to call in the security forces for the safety of the peaceful protesters while a state of emergency was in effect was a big question.

    Strongly denouncing the State Terrorism which brutally attacked the peaceful protestors, MP Gammanpila said this kind of oppression would further strengthen People’s Struggle.

    Parliamentarian Anura Priyadarshana Yapa said that this incident was a black mark in the history of Sri Lanka and that the President, the just resigned Prime Minister and all members of the government should take responsibility and leave. He added that they have committed an offense before the law

    Leader of the National Freedom Front Wimal Weerawansa, Secretary General of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Dayasiri Jayasekara, Member of Parliament Weerasumana Weerasinghe, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, Dr. G. Weerasinghe also addressed the gathering.