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Sri Lanka's national TV network SLRC goes off air as protests intensify

Asian News International • July 13, 2022, 15:20:36 IST
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This comes after the embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the interim President of Sri Lanka

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Sri Lanka's national TV network SLRC goes off air as protests intensify

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s national broadcaster SLRC, known as Jathika Rupavahini on Wednesday suspended live telecast as protestors surrounded its premises.

"Until the struggle is over, the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Cooperation will only telecast programs of the Jana Aragalaya," a protester said during a live broadcast. The National TV channel is now off-air. pic.twitter.com/jsIcdnEyUq

— NewsWire 🇱🇰 (@NewsWireLK) July 13, 2022

The state-owned Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (SLRC) suspended its live telecasts.

" Rupavahini Tv should be unbiased media institution hereafter " A protestor who entered into the Sri Lanka National Television.#LKA #SriLanka #SriLankaCrisis pic.twitter.com/1XS6eEVtVW

— Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 (@SriLankaTweet) July 13, 2022
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This comes as reports have emerged that embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the interim President of Sri Lanka. A state of emergency was declared as protesters came prepared to face tear gas shelling by security forces deployed outside Wickremesinghe’s residence. Air patrolling also began around the PM’s residence. Wickremesinghe today declared an emergency and imposed a curfew in the western province of the country as protests intensified following Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape to the Maldives. Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said that the PM cannot exercise the powers of the President, and cannot declare a curfew or a state of emergency. “PM becomes acting President only if the President appoints him as such, or if the office of President is vacant, or if the CJ in consultation with the Speaker forms the view that the President is unable to act,” Premadasa tweeted. “In the absence of any of these, the PM cannot exercise the powers of the President, and cannot declare curfew or a state of emergency,” he said in another tweet. Military personnel used tear gas shells to disperse protestors who scaled the wall to enter the Sri Lankan PM’s residence in Colombo. Sri Lankan authorities today confirmed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa had flown to the Maldives with his wife and two bodyguards after full approval of the country’s Defence Ministry. The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed that Gotabaya had landed at the Velana International Airport in Male on a Sri Lankan Air Force plane. The crisis-hit island country’s Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said that he is yet to receive a letter of resignation from Gotabaya. “We haven’t received President Gotabaya’s resignation yet, but we hope to get one in a day,” Abeywardena told ANI. 73-year-old Gotabaya Rajapaksa had gone into hiding after crowds of protestors stormed his residence on July 9 and he had announced that he will resign on July 13. The country is facing a severe shortage of fuel and other essential supplies and is in the throes of its worst economic crisis with soaring inflation. Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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