Sri Lanka's former President Sirisena demanded new elections, said - the country is facing a big tragedy

Posted on 2nd May 2022 by rohit kumar

Sri Lanka is passing through a bad phase of economic and political crisis. The people of the country are swinging between political upheavals and economic difficulties. Meanwhile, a big statement from former Sri Lankan President and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) President Maithripala Sirisena came out. Addressing a May Day rally organized by his party in Polonnaruwa, he called for new elections in the country on Sunday.

 

The country's local media Colombo page was told that SLFP President Maithripala Sirisena has said that politicians should take the side of the people at a time when the country is facing a great tragedy, Sirisena further said that he will work for this purpose. took to the streets on International Labor Day.

 

SLFP president targets President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

 

Targeting Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his party, he said, 'I also took to the streets because this government does not go even when the country's richest to innocent suffering farmers and government employees are on the streets demanding the government to go home. But landed. I want to form a new government in the country. And we will do it.' Even the former President also said that he cannot stay at home when thousands of people are in trouble in the country.

 

SLFP President Maithripala Sirisena said on International Labor Day, “Farmers in Polonnaruwa who dreamed of making the country self-sufficient in agriculture from the Moragahkanda reservoir are now unable to do farming even daily. Today I participate in the May Day rally of the working class, which raised the voice of the peasantry and expressed its problems and challenges to the community and the ruling class of the country.

 

former president warned

 

The former President also cautioned that if the current leader continues, there will be a situation where people will die at home, saying he referred to the breaking back of the country's economic condition. Or three lakh people were already starving and they were getting calls from people all over the country asking for food and fuel.

 

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