Storming the palace and then tidying up: Sri Lanka’s civil uprising | danbrettig
In keeping with the rare balance of anger and civility that’s epitomised Sri Lanka’s Colombo uprising against president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, many protesters returned to the scene 24 hours later.
Outside, refuse from Saturday’s mass gathering was picked up, the Galle Face promenade was scoured, and the raucous scenes witnessed both in Colombo and Galle – where Australia and Sri Lanka are into day three of a Test match – were replaced by an eerie calm. “This is a monumental place and I feared that there could be vandalism and looting,” he said. “Some protesters warned others not harm the belongings but not all of them are like-minded people.
While the dramatic scenes of Saturday may have helped force leadership change, practical solutions to the economic and logistical hole faced by Sri Lanka’s people are still some way off.
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