All 26 Cabinet Ministers Of Sri Lanka Resign Amid Economic Crisis

Mumbai: All 26 Cabinet Ministers of Sri Lanka have resigned amid the country’s worst economic crisis of all time. Thousands of Sri Lankans defied a nationwide curfew on Sunday and took to the streets to protest against the government’s handling of the economic crisis.

Education Minister Dinesh Gunawardene told reporters that all 26 ministers resigned except President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his elder brother Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

“All the ministers submitted their letters of resignation so that the president can constitute a new cabinet,” Gunawardena said, adding that the decision was taken after discussing the worsening economic crisis.

Three other members of the powerful Rajapaksa family were also involved amid growing public anger against the acute shortage of food, fuel and medicines in the South Asian country of 22 million.

The youngest Rajapaksa brother, Tulsi, the finance minister, and his eldest, Chamal, who held the agriculture portfolio, and the family’s descendant Namal, the sports minister, all resigned.

The move came after thousands of people defied a weekend curfew Sunday to protest across the island demanding the ouster of the Rajapaksa family, which returned to power in November 2019.

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