President Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa had opposed the call to resign, instead promised to form a new government after this week's clash killed eight people in the escalation of the crisis for months due to lack of food and fuel.
I will provide an opportunity for new governments and new PMs to start a new program to bring the country in the future," he said in a television speech, adding that after stability was restored, he would discuss the executive forces with all political parties.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa had previously extended the national curfew until Thursday morning, after the government supporters on Monday initiated attacks on the protesters who were camping for weeks in downtown Colombo to call for his dismissal. The opponents of Mr. Rajapaksa then attacked members of the party parliament in power and burned some of their homes, encouraging key family members to effectively hide.
His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa stopped as a prime minister that led to the dissolution of the cabinet, not leaving the government to negotiate with international monetary funds and creditors with $ 8.6 billion debt due to this year. The agreement is very important to stabilize state finances and help the government provide important goods for 22 million countries.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa refused to resign, and the opposition had rejected his offer about the unity government without constitutional changes that would reduce the presidency.
He needs to give the country to a period of time about what will happen," Jehan Pera, executive director at the National Peace Council in Colombo, said the President. "This is one way he can redeem himself as a statesman before everything is worse.
