Sri Lanka's acting president declares state of emergency.

 

Sri Lanks's acting President Ranil Wickremsinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday, as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economics crisis  gripping the island nation.

"It is expedite, so to do, in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the  maintenances of supplies and services essential to the life of the community, the notification stated.

Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said  he took" all possible steps" to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation.

Gotabaya resignation was accepted  by parliament on Friday. He flew to the maldives and then Singapore  after hundreds of thousands of anti-governments protesters came out into the streets of Colombo a week ago and occupied his official residence and offices, 

Sri Lanka's Parliaments met on Saturday to begin the process of electing a new president, and a shipment of fuel arrived to provided some relief to the Crisis-hit nation.

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