The economic crisis has come to the point where making debt payments is “challenging and impossible”, according to the governor of Sri Lanka’s central bank
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskYet over the past few weeks Mr Rajapaksa’s hold on the country of 22m people has been slipping. Sri Lanka’s economy is in free fall. The rupee has declined by more than 30% against the dollar since the central bank abandoned its peg a month ago . Fuel and food have been in short supply for weeks. Sri Lankans wait hours in the heat to buy cooking gas at—if they can get it at all.
Economic hardship has driven people into the streets. Even middle-class types, who usually steer clear of protests and until recently approved of Mr Rajapaksa’s brand of strongman ethno-nationalism, now put the blame for the crisis squarely on the president.
On April 3rd the president changed tack. He restored social media and dismissed his cabinet, leaving only himself and Mahinda, now prime minister. The next day he lifted the curfew and named four new interim ministers, including a finance minister to replace another Rajapaksa brother who had previously held the job.
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