A general strike by all trade unions in crisis-ridden Island nation of Sri Lanka on Thursday, has crippled the fragile economy of the country as demands for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family members to resign over the country’s worst-ever economic crisis grows, IgbereTV reports
The nation of 22 million people has been hit by months of acute shortages of food, fuel and medicines, prompting widespread protests and Thursday’s strike, which is the first time the entire country has been brought to a standstill since the demonstrations began, has threatened to bring everything to a standstill.
Public transport was stopped, school attendance dropped and shops and offices remained closed across the country, police and regional officials said.
President Rajapaksa is due to meet political party leaders on Friday to discuss the crisis while Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya’s elder brother and a former two-term president, reiterated his confidence that he would not be fired over the crisis
