Sri Lanka Crisis: Emergency again in pauper Sri Lanka, Wickremesinghe’s big step before presidential election

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Emergency has been imposed again from today in Sri Lanka, which is facing a terrible economic crisis. Acting President Ronil Wickremesinghe gave this order. Presidential elections are due in Sri Lanka on 20 July. Earlier on Monday, a state of emergency was declared in the country with immediate effect. The 225-member parliament is expected to elect a new president on July 20.
It has been said in the order that in view of the economic crisis, emergency is being imposed from July 18 for law and order and smooth supply of essential commodities. Earlier on July 13, a state of emergency was imposed in Sri Lanka due to the massive uproar and public anger against the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Wickremesinghe was made the acting president after Rajapaksa fled the country. After this the emergency was lifted, but now emergency has to be imposed for the second time in a week.
In Sri Lanka, the President has the authority to impose emergency rules in part 2 of the Public Safety Ordinance. According to this, if the President is of the opinion that the police is unable to deal with any situation, then he can order the deployment of the army by imposing emergency. This means that the security forces have the right to search arms and explosives, to arrest, chase, and search premises or persons of suspects.

Gotabaya escaped from the country
The economic situation in Sri Lanka has become uncontrollable for more than six months. There is acute shortage of essential commodities and fuel in the country. People have taken to the streets many times accusing the previous Rajapaksa government of corruption. Last week, furious protesters occupied the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital Colombe. After this the then President Gotabaya went underground. He fled the country overnight after being in exile for two days. First he went to Maldives and from there reached Singapore.

long history of emergency
There is a long history of emergency in Sri Lanka. After independence from the British in 1948 and even before that, the country has experienced emergency many times. Emergency was first imposed in the country in 1958 after independence, when the situation worsened in protest against the adoption of Sinhala as the sole language.

28 years of emergency due to LTTE movement
Sri Lanka had the longest state of emergency from 1983 to 2011. The state of emergency was imposed for nearly 28 years due to violent and violent agitation between Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and Sinhalese. The Tamil group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was demanding a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. In the midst of the civil war, the state of emergency remained in force. After this, emergency was imposed in 2018 due to anti-Muslim violence.

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Emergency has been imposed again from today in Sri Lanka, which is facing a terrible economic crisis. Acting President Ronil Wickremesinghe gave this order. Presidential elections are due in Sri Lanka on 20 July. Earlier on Monday, a state of emergency was declared in the country with immediate effect. The 225-member parliament is expected to elect a new president on July 20.

It has been said in the order that in view of the economic crisis, emergency is being imposed from July 18 for law and order and smooth supply of essential commodities. Earlier on July 13, a state of emergency was imposed in Sri Lanka due to the massive uproar and public anger against the then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Wickremesinghe was made the acting president after Rajapaksa fled the country. After this the emergency was lifted, but now emergency has to be imposed for the second time in a week.

In Sri Lanka, the President has the authority to impose emergency rules in part 2 of the Public Safety Ordinance. According to this, if the President is of the opinion that the police is unable to deal with any situation, then he can order the deployment of the army by imposing emergency. This means that the security forces have the right to search arms and explosives, to arrest, chase, and search premises or persons of suspects.

Gotabaya escaped from the country

The economic situation in Sri Lanka has become uncontrollable for more than six months. There is acute shortage of essential commodities and fuel in the country. People have taken to the streets many times accusing the previous Rajapaksa government of corruption. Last week, furious protesters occupied the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the capital Colombe. After this the then President Gotabaya went underground. He fled the country overnight after being in exile for two days. First he went to Maldives and from there reached Singapore.

long history of emergency

There is a long history of emergency in Sri Lanka. After independence from the British in 1948 and even before that, the country has experienced emergency many times. Emergency was first imposed in the country in 1958 after independence, when the situation worsened in protest against the adoption of Sinhala as the sole language.

28 years of emergency due to LTTE movement

Sri Lanka had the longest state of emergency from 1983 to 2011. The state of emergency was imposed for nearly 28 years due to violent and violent agitation between Sri Lankan Tamils ​​and Sinhalese. The Tamil group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was demanding a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. In the midst of the civil war, the state of emergency remained in force. After this, emergency was imposed in 2018 due to anti-Muslim violence.

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