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The three-day march organised by the National People’s Power (NPP) under the theme ‘Let’s chase away the gang of thieves who robbed us of our money!’ started on Sunday from Beruwala, and the people march ended at the Colombo Municipal Council grounds yesterday – Pic by Ruwan Walpola
National People’s Power (NPP) yesterday claimed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is incompetent to accept any responsibility, whilst calling on the immediate resignation.
NPP Leader and MP Anura Kumara Dissanayake said President Rajapaksa himself admitted to making mistakes in his decisions during Monday’s speech.
“The mistakes made by the President cannot be compared to cutting across double lines on roads, or breaking a plate while doing the dishes. These are crimes against the nation,” he said, addressing a protest march of the NPP at Town Hall yesterday.
MP Dissanayake stated the Government took decisions that abided by neither socialist nor capitalist economic principles.
He also charged President Rajapaksa of causing a food shortage and destroying the livelihoods of farmers.
MP Dissanayake urged that the President should resign from his post, whilst accusing him of depleting the country’s foreign reserves.
Although the people are suffering, he said members of the Rajapaksa family remain unaffected.
He claimed that former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa currently resides at Shangri-La and will leave the country at the earliest opportunity to live in luxury at his hometown in Los Angeles while people in Sri Lanka suffer due to his actions.
Dissanayake condemned Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s chartered flight to Tirupati amidst the foreign exchange crisis and criticised former Minister Namal Rajapaksa’s recent leisure trips to the Maldives and Dubai.
