Last week, Sri Lanka’s protesters scored a huge victory by forcing the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. But they aren’t satisfied yet.
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—As Sri Lanka’s economy went into free fall earlier this year, Piyahasie Dias joined her first protest, along with thousands of fellow Sri Lankans frustrated by the country’sSince March, anger over increasingly grim living standards has inspired a broad cross-section of the
country—a feat in a country riven by ethnic and religious divides—to go out into the streets to protest. For many, such as Ms. Dias, a 23-year-old law student, it was the first time. Public anger coalesced into a specific mission: to force the resignation of Mr. Rajapaksa and the formation of a new government.
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