Sri Lanka's President And Prime Minister To Resign After Sweeping Protests



The leader of Sri Lanka has fled the country after thousands of protestors took over the presidential palace demanding new leadership. NBC News’ Meagan Fitzgerald reports on how the nation has been dealing with months of political turmoil as many hold President Rajapaksa responsible for its economic meltdown. 

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  1. කරුණාකර සියලූම දේශපාලඥයන් සහ බලධාරීන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සැමවිටම එක රටක් ලෙස සැලකිය යුතු බවත්, එය කුමන හේතුවක් මත හෝ බෙදා වෙන් කළ යුතු බවට අදහස් දැක්වීම, ඒ සඳහා රහසිගතව හෝ එළිපිට ක්‍රියා කිරීම ඉතා දැඩි දඬුවම් දිය හැකි බලවත් වරදක් සේ සලකන බවත්, එසේ කරන ඕනෑම අයෙකුගේ දේපල රාජසන්තක කිරීමටත්, පුරවැසිභාවය අහිමි කිරීමටත් හැකිවන පරිදි නීතිය සකස් විය යුතු බවත් අන්තරේ න්‍යාය පත්‍රයට ඇතුළත් කරන්න කටයුතු කරන්න.

  2. He’s no Donald Trump. Trump is too smart for the people to storm his palace. Make America Great Again!

  3. The same thing needs to happen here in America.

  4. Praying for you all. Love from America

  5. This will be us soon

  6. Boomerang!!!

    From 1948 who were cheated or lied to by their own?  Taken for a bad ride.  Hope you are now learning from being the aids, abetters, willingly silent participants/supporters for all the atrocities committed….  Victims were Tamil – Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Catholics…

    Ask/question your elders.  Will this be the end!!!.  Learn…  Let us HOPE…

    The Creator, Mother Nature & Mother Earth tolerated enough; now taking action.

  7. Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 will be slum at least in next 5 years

  8. Looks like Jan 6, but with passion, intelligence and a plan.

  9. Low ESG scores = Human Flourishing

  10. But when they do this in America they are considered traitors. Now look at what's happening because of joe biden.

  11. C’mon NBC! This happened because they forces the green new hoax on their people and it caused misery and starvation. Tell it like it is!

  12. Fiery but mostly peaceful.

  13. You're not going to mention the whole reason this happened? In 2019 Sri Lanka disallowed all pesticides and went 100% green. This cause massive yield reductions in rice and other plants which is now causing starvation amongst the people.

  14. America will be just like this if we end fossil fuels. The Green New Deal is B.S. & will never work just like Socialism won't work in America. The climate change crazy idiots want our gas price to very high so we must buy electric car.

  15. Hopefully, Canada's purge is next!!!

  16. Where will the American elite run to when the dollar collapses-RUSSIA , China hahaha. “Nowhere to run to baby, nowhere to run to nowhere to hide…”

  17. Stop putting old men in to presidency!! And women, breed real men to run the country please.

  18. we need some that energy here in the USA

  19. Resign all the money you've taken….no need to be living it up somewhere else.

  20. Something similar happened in America and the people were all arrested and thrown in Prison!!!

  21. I'm confused Leftists. Are they protestors or are they insurrectionists trying to overthrow a Democracy?

  22. Best of luck Sri Lankans ✊

  23. This is what happens when you bow to China. LEarn your lesson.

  24. Have Gota put in a mad hoouse. He is crazy. to Anusha

  25. This is our peoples pain. We are fighting against corrupt politics. It is against stealing people's money.

  26. i wonder how many americans even know where sri lanka actually is

  27. 😏 Y'all notice the masses vs who they had on camera❓😂 So predictable ‼️

  28. clarity to future of nwo. world wide corrupt gov't will be kicked out by the people.

  29. You end with a nonesence line! Programming. They will run a United party country. They just saved there country from elite NWO thugs. Amen. This gives Me hope. Alot of countries were also sold too the WHO. Wake up. Rise People!

  30. Governments forget they work for the people‼️People 🌎 wide are fed up‼️ Good for you Sri Lankan citizens ✊🏽

  31. Liz Cheney will investigate, 3 people will watch it in prime time.

  32. Would you look at that

  33. Very good job people of shri lanka 👍👍👍

  34. THERES A REVOLUTI0N CALLING YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  35. everyone should protest for their rights

  36. The people of Sri Lanka have finally spoken!!! Good Americans support you 👌🏼👌🏼

  37. Donald Trump wishes…..

  38. now that's what you call an insurrection. makes the orange mans attempt look lame

  39. I guess I'll forget about my time share in Sri Lanka

  40. A government that fell for the DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST LIES. IT DOES NOT WORK. You can't make changes TO your whole ENERGY SYSTEMS AND FOOD PRODUCTION like this overnight and survive. IT DOESN"T WORK WELL ENOUGH YET> No other options work well enough. SLOW AND STEADY NEEDED> DON"T JUST PLOW FORWARD AT COST OF PEOPLE LIVES LIKE DEMS WANT TO DO EVERYWHERE. LIBERAL RICH ELITES ARE BEHIND ALL THIS . BANKRUPTING COUNTRIES TO GET THEM GREEN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PEOPLE. DOESN" T WORK > WE ARE SEEING THAT IT IS NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME.. NO>> SRI LANKA IS WHAT WE WILL ALL HAVE> BANKRUPT > HUNGER< DEATH. NOW BIDEN PUSHING THIS CRAP ON MEXICO> WILL BRING THEM DOWN TOO> AND MAKE THEY SPEND A FORTUNE THAT RICH ELITES BENEFIT FROM IN ALL THE GREEN TECHNOLOGY , BUT THE PEOPLE GO BROKE. . SO CORRUPT IN THE DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST WORLD. JUST MONEY THEY ARE SCAMMING FROM ALL THE PEOPLE. WAKE UP PEOPLE..

  41. American Politicians see what’s coming for you? Don’t forget a Gun behind every blade of grass.

  42. We should do this worldwide! Why are we accepting this system of slavery !