Mumbai: A day after all 26 Cabinet Ministers of Sri Lanka resigned, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa sacked his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa amid the country’s worst economic crisis.
Ali Sabri, who negotiated an Indian economic relief package to help Sri Lanka deal with the current foreign exchange crisis, has been replaced by Ali Sabry – who was Justice Minister till Sunday night.
Basil was to leave for the US to hold a meeting with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a possible relief package to deal with the current economic crisis.
Last month, two ministers were sacked from the cabinet because they publicly criticized Tulsi, news agency PTI reported.
The economic crisis intensified on Sunday after all 26 ministers in Rajapaksa’s cabinet stepped down, allowing him to induct new faces. The move comes after thousands of people violated a weekend curfew on Sunday to protest across the island demanding the removal of the Rajapaksa family amid growing public outcry.
Meanwhile, Sri Lankan central bank governor Ajit Nivard Cabral also submitted his resignation on Monday, Reuters reported. Amid the crisis, Sri Lanka’s president invited all political parties in the country to join a ‘unity government’ to find a solution, according to the AFP news agency.
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