"Gota Go Gama" reaches 50 days
It has been 50 days since the protests first began in front of the Presidential secretariat at Galle Face greens, an oceanside urban park in Colombo raising the slogan ‘Gota Go Gama.’ To mark the 50th day of the protest a march from Liberty Junction in Kollupitiya to Galle Face started at 2 pm. As per the police, the government has issued an order barring the entry of protesters on several roads and state institutions in the fort area. People from all walks of life including doctors, and lawyers priests and monks among others gathered at Galle Face to join the protest. Sri Lankan protesters have been demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Rajapaksa administration amid deepening economic crisis in the country. Earlier this month Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa had resigned amid mass protests.
