Protesters Force All Ministers To Resign Over Power Outage In Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s cabinet ministers have offered resignation letters from their positions. This is in response to calls from increasing protests amid economic instability and a severe fuel shortage in the South Asian country. The Government officials also confirmed that all the cabinet ministers had handed in their resignation letters, paving

the way for all political parties to form a new cabinet, following discussions held with Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday evening. However, officials said Mr Rajapaksa and the state ministers would continue to work in their capacities. The prime minister is expected to also issue a special statement to the nation, and an

invitation will be extended to political parties for joint efforts to form a new government. Sri Lanka has for days seen protests urging the government to also take measures immediately to solve hours-long power cuts and fuel shortages or to resign. The country has also suffered a shortage in essential supplies such as food

and then medicines and foreign currencies, with several sectors being affected too. A 36 hour curfew came into force on Saturday evening and was lifted early Monday to ensure law and order in the country, Police also said.