Rajapaksa era coming to an end? Sri Lanka president assures new PM and cabinet
Published on May 12, 2022 07:22 am IST
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday promised to appoint a new prime minister, empower the Parliament and abolish the all-powerful executive presidential system as reforms to stabilize the country engulfed in a political crisis and violence triggered by the worst economic crises in memory. In a televised address, President said that he without partisanship condemns attacks on peaceful protesters by mobs who came to support his brother and former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who resigned Monday. Watch this video for more.
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