Mass protests in Sri Lanka
On 3 April the whole of Sri Lanka’s cabinet — except prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa — resigned in response to mass protests sparked by collapsing living standards and infrastructure. Sri Lanka is ruled by an executive presidency: protesters are now demanding the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Mahinda’s brother. With tourism and migrant remittances collapsing during the pandemic, Sri Lanka has been overwhelmed by its foreign debt and suffered widespread power cuts, rocketing fuel prices and food and other shortages. The crisis has also been fuelled by neo-liberal policies...