Sri Lanka: Demand of former President Maithripala Sirisena – Fresh elections should be held in the country, people will start dying at home if the current government is in power

Maithripala Sirisena, former President of Sri Lanka and President of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)Maithripala Sirisena) has demanded fresh elections in the country. He called for this at a May Day rally organized by his party in Polonnaruwa on Sunday. Sirisena said that the country is facing a big tragedy. In such a situation, leaders should come with the people. According to the Colombo page report, the former President said that he has taken to the streets on the occasion of International Labor Day for this purpose. Sri Lanka is facing a political and economic crisis these days. Because of this there is also a danger of the island country becoming pauper.

According to the Colombo page report, Sirisena said, ‘I also came out on the streets, because this government does not go even when the country’s richest to innocent farmers and government employees take to the streets demanding the government to go. I want to form a new government in the country. We will show it by doing this. He said, ‘Farmers of Polonnaruwa who dreamed of making the country self-sufficient in agriculture from the Moragahkanda reservoir. Now they are not even able to do daily farming. Today I am participating in the May Day rally of the working class, which raised the voice of the farming community and expressed its problems and challenges before the ruling class of the country.

Sri Lanka facing economic crisis

The former President also cautioned that if the current leader remains in power, the situation will become so bad that people will die at home. He further said that two to three lakh people have already fallen prey to starvation in the country. He is getting phone calls from people all over the country. People are asking for food. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since independence due to lack of food and fuel, rising prices and power cuts. Due to this a large number of people have been affected. There have been massive protests against the government for not handling the economic crisis properly.

The policies of the government drowned the country

The decline in tourism during the COVID-19 epidemic and the careless economic policies of the government are responsible for the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka. Due to economic policies, there was a shortage of foreign exchange. A well-known example of the government’s negligence is the ban on chemical fertilizers to make Sri Lanka’s agriculture 100% organic. At the same time, Sri Lanka is standing on the verge of becoming a pauper due to the acute shortage of foreign exchange. Due to the economic situation, there has been tremendous opposition to the demands for the resignation of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.