Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday left parliament after participants of the competition hooted towards him amid a deepening financial disaster withinside the united states.
Harsha de Silva, a member of parliament, shared a video clip on Twitter that suggests a few parliamentarians conserving placards and chanting “Gota Go Home”.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa then speaks to his aides, receives up and leaves the House, the video suggests.
“Ouch! This is how the advent of #SriLanka President @GotabayaR to @ParliamentLK a couple of minutes in the past ended: #GotaGoHome2022. Unplanned and by no means occurred withinside the history. He needed to arise and leave,” Harsha de Silva captioned the video.
Ouch! This is how the arrival of #SriLanka President @GotabayaR to @ParliamentLK a few minutes ago ended: #GotaGoHome2022. Unplanned and never happened in the history. He had to get up and leave. pic.twitter.com/zuXiyQodAs
— Harsha de Silva (@HarshadeSilvaMP) July 5, 2022
The island state has persevered months of galloping inflation and prolonged energy cuts after the authorities ran out of overseas forex to import essential goods. The united states has close down non-critical public offerings with a view to preserve fuel.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe nowadays advised parliament that the united states is now bankrupt and the financial disaster will linger till as a minimum the give up of subsequent year.
He stated Sri Lanka’s ongoing bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund relied on finalising a debt restructuring plan with lenders through August.
“We at the moment are taking part withinside the negotiations as a bankrupt united states,” Mr Wickremesinghe stated.
The IMF final week stated greater paintings changed into had to set the state’s price range proper and restore its runaway financial deficit earlier than a deal can be struck on a investment association to cope with its stability of bills disaster.