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a country runs out of money? that is a question that you can ask on youtube. i comment section is live right now. you quit your comments, your thoughts in to the comment section and be part of today's chat. bellanca is in an unprecedented political and economic crisis, where needs long for case crushed re lung have demanded for the rest of the nation of president go tabby roach spots that i mean these are not in the raj and a change in government and governance. these demands lead to the mass written, it's english not the cabinet if he meets a go and a new cabinet being pointed by the demands remain that the president and the prime minister need to, oh, and there has to be a change then our conversation to dial me now harsh if you have good to have or 3 if you with us from for lanka. vanelle, please introduce yourself to our audience around go out. i am enough fernandez. i work as a correspondent for is that i hear aiden colombo in sri lanka. but i've been in the

media reporting on she lanka for over 20 years now. and he's saying like having your expertise to as how shall welcome back to the stream. good to see with my dad audience, who you are and what you doing. hi, i'm not sure i'm a member of the man opposition in sri lanka to happy and you have welcome to the stream. please introduce yourself. tie international audience. i'm john pereira, i'm the executive director of the national peace counsel, which is the piece building and your which focuses on addressing the issues of ethnicity and religion which have divided up people for the last several decades. going back to independence and even beyond looking forward to hearing more from you john, i'm just thinking hasha and me now. how many protests have you been to in the last month? how prolific all day? how say you start?

well actually i'm taking a break to day because we started a protest walk of 117 kilometers. and i actually walked 7000 kilometers yesterday with about 8000 people. and that's gathering momentum. and by the 1st off of may, we probably would have $100000.00 people congregate in into the city asking that is asking for the resignation of the president and prime minister. now i know you've been reporting on these protests regularly. what can you tell us about the wave a former who is in them? what people are asking for? i think they've been sort of building in terms of numbers in terms of regularity. i've literally for the last 2 or 3 weeks, almost every single day. i've been on the road been on the field covering this protest, listening to what people have to say. there's not just like harsh political parties

that sort of leading matches it is. it is basically workers, private sector workers. the fishermen, there are teachers. there are trade unionists from all the health workers and basically an amalgamation of ordinary citizens. there was another political party, the national people power coalition that also did a similar. busy march for 3 days from down south. and there was a phenomenal crowd and very much when you looked at those who had come, there were mothers, you know, holding their 2 kids hand with a backpack because they've been walking for the 3 days. there were old really old people who had sort of, you know, probably become pensioners and was struggling given the current economic situation, the country. so that is the one sector of people. then of course,

there's the ongoing, sort of sit in and develop station and protests outside the president's office, which we're seeing at the unit 19. the, the people are not moving. it was, you know, set up and then talked about and tried to be sort of this by the government as you know, young people having fun. some people described it as a beach body, but it's a 19 day beach party then. and the resilience of those young people is, is, is quite something to, to look at. and i'm just thinking, you know, executive director of the national peace council, she lanka, are you seeing peaceful change happening because of these protests or can predict that it will happen because these protest peacefully here, what has been quite remarkable about what's happening is, is the peacefulness because and the involvement of youth and this because most of those who are protesting and demonstrating from the civil society are you. and they

are the ones who had been leading the purchase. especially the ones that me know, talked about outside the president's office. these young people in the past, we saw them as sort of radicals and as wide and potentially violent. and we have had in our country to major youth in the insurrection by the sing holly's, a marxist type of insurrection. that was, that were bonding 71971, and another one in 108880 9. and then the insurrection that took place that also was made by young people, but this fun and very violent. but this one is extremely peaceful so far, despite the fact that there had been attempts to provoke violence. and but the, but the, basically the people involved in it have issued violence and they are really very happy about this. of course you can trust, john is defined, the incident was the,

there was a feel protest and somebody died at that fuel protest. i'm going to bring you in just in just a moment because you reported on that death that tragedy. first, let's hear a little bit if you're reporting and then please come to the back of it and help us understand in the context of the protest is an unusual situation that happened with that man died protesting about the fuel hikes that have a little bit of a look sherman, the luxury was shot by police on tuesday during a fuel shortage protest. a friend of the 42 year old father of 2 explains what he saw. bicycle under under that. i saw him running after trying to retrieve his bicycle, made it worse than the policeman shot at it. he fell on the ground and then i saw the same policeman chasing people and firing a senior officer was telling them to keep firing and they did it on some of the feet of a luxury was the family's men bred una, his wife, brown, guinea, and 2 teenage children are in shock, lima, lima, delicate of little ones. are there now?

i'll be waiting till justice is done for what happened to my husband. i don't know if that'll happen, but it certainly some day he writes over that. what happened to me mustn't happen to another person is so as you saw, i mean that was a waste of time in the locks on the victim who died due to police gunfire. now there had been a sort of a stand off and for hours there were hundreds of protest around a fuel station. basically in rumble cannot wear this incident happened. and they had been demanding fuel. they've been getting angrier and angrier. these were sort of daily. busy wage and people that needed fuels for the lower east. in fact, some in the locker room was a guy who ran the laurie. he hired it out, he used to take foliage and food to the close my elephant of an age. so he needed that laurie moving so for 4 days, apparently his family tells us he was waiting for fuel and he was unable to get it,

which means obviously on the other end, he was not making a living for those 4 days. and ultimately he and hundreds of people sort of surrounded this fuel station. they've been promised that fuel was coming that about was coming of finally, when the bows that came, it came late and there was basically a fuel hike that within those few hours. and the people were really, really angry because they said we've been waiting for so long. and this is very sort of, it seems to be on purpose. and they just want us to be more for the fuel. so that kind of tensions, all of the more police game in the police spokesman tells us that the crowd was told several times to disperse. they didn't listen to gas was fired. and then the police and the authorities have repeatedly claimed that this is a claim that lots of the protests have completely dismissed and rejected. the police say that that will protect those who are trying to set fire to the feel about the reach that we've been waiting for so long that the last thing we want to

do. and that's what happens if i jump in here. i mean, look, i'm in the police, according to reports, used 65 rounds of live ammunition and they said they were using minimum force. obviously that cannot be minimal force. i spoke to one of clarified and said it was $35.00 rounds, but i think it will be right. because if i say that, that the main point i wanted to to just really emphasize was, is this unusual? because when i said to jazz that largely these protests a peaceful, it was just a tragic outcome for that man and his family and every life matters. obviously, of course, i'm not sure that that is how all of the protests are being viewed and treated by the police. let me just move on now here what the problem you are the least, but the ones for a while then exactly the the people will not while the police the while at the point in fact, in a, in

a remarkable shaw of bird you diesel independence given the circumstances that did the surgery has no, it said that the police officer involved should be arrested and they should and they should be investigated. now, i mean, what we feel is that there is a part that there is an element within the government that didn't, in fact wants to provoke wildlands and be seen in some of the demonstrations that took place. that they are brought x of violence, which are not clearly those of the demonstrators, but maybe from outside people coming in and they come to handle that. but let's get, let's get back to the root of why people are action protesting anyway. and that is because of the economic crisis. food is scarce and expensive. fuel is very expensive. we try to get the finance minister shanker to be on the program. we actually reached out to the company administration, and we tried really, really hard. we were very close. but as you can see, they didn't say yes, but i do have a comment here from the finance minister, ali sabri, who did

a press conference recently. and he was saying, sorry, apologizing for the economic chaos that she'll anchor is in right now. have a listen. right now, what is important me still got people and their store, their supply lamps, and then they don't deserve the kind of hardship they do, the hon. you all understand it's heartbreaking for us to see that. and we have come here to find a solution. and again, i must apologize that we have to put them through these hardships. not only i, our problem is, has been an accumulation of the problems of the policies, but successive governments in this country, that pos, i know you up to date with these, these as serious. wanted go ahead, natalie. now got it. i was going to the finance minister speaking actually from washington where he has been a short few days ago to have discussions. we iowa national fund. yes. about

a bill or package. so he did that before he returned back to shall anchor. thank you very much for clarifying that so that i talked to the i m f. the world bank is going to give shoreline to some money. india has been helping sri lanka, with money. china is negotiating a loans. this is a very difficult situation that she and who is in ha, shout right now. if you could explain it for the man on the street, what would you say to them? i mean, it's funny that he says that the bond on the so it and who created this? yeah, it's the trigger was a 2 parties. he has won no cutting taxes and then to banning the import of chemical fertilizer that created this problem all the collapse. but as you said correctly, the big problem that we have now is to opt in some bridging financed. yes, we are one to the i m f about to start receiving money from them on what's called

a and e, f, f r, a extended fund facility. it digs a big 6 to 7 months at the, at the, at the minimum bare minimum i do that time we need to make sure that people have food to eat. medicine and fuel for rich, me don't seem to have a sufficient funds. so like you said, is we are reaching out to various countries, but i don't see money flowing in. india has helped us quite a bit of china ah, has, on the other hand said look, we are not going to be the stop sitting the lawns. and that's a conflict that has already created between the government, the i m f, and negotiate those who will be appointed soon are good off of the 100 or so one is that the 2nd issue, which is a sort of

a fairly complex situation in the banking system that needs to be immediately addressed. and after that, of course, we need to go into what's called a macro stabilization program. i said leaving oliver, i want to know if i can go shopping and if there's food in the shop. but i do understand that there's a more complex situation that has to be what town. this is what the part that i do understand how to do it if it jumping in. so make sure that everybody is staying up with you. and if you have a look here, this is an out, is there a headline? she like to suspend foreign debt payments? that means how to help me out, make sure that i've got this right, that a country can, can no longer afford to pay the foreign debt because they have to pay for food and fuel. that important medicine. important because that you need for your citizens in your country, rather than paying down your debt. did i get that right kasha before i move on? yes, you did. and so we actually unilaterally suspended payment of board

coupon and principal $2.00. oh $4.00 in can you passes that hasha? how on the level of $1.00 to $10.10 is disaster. where are we? when you suspend at night, we are in my jacks because this is, this is paula. select the default because some payments would be made meaning trance. a transactions would be centered. so only if banks are unable to me preference actions me go from selected before it would be for it, which would include further chaos because firms would not be able to purchase or import goods without paying cash up front hutcher. this is very serious . i'm going to bring it down to groceries level again, if i may. i'm going to put in rodney a ra sake. rossi spoke just a little bit earlier about the situation when you're going grocery shopping. what

is available to you in sri lanka? i'm gonna ask you at jan to have a listen to rodney and then share your experiences as well as what is available. how difficult is it to survive right now, a sri lanka, his rason festival, basic necessities already. scott, people standing alone in the days to get here for cooking and who will unfortunately, many people have died standing in the heels. in addition to that, he shot the off. maybe things rise loud. milk and sugar are not always available to create gas station have been several weeks now and i'll have members all around the country have been working relentlessly to like these. some of the good what i'd like to add to what it said is that the prices have w w sometimes. and people whose incomes have not had people are losing jobs because

of the downturn in the economy. now the major problem for the gone the, i mean the problem, the government is facing in terms of the, of the political thinking of people is that people think that government leaders have stolen the money that it is because they have stolen the dollars that we are facing this terrible foreign exchange crisis where we cannot buy food, the food that we need for our children, the milk milk powder, the fuel, the cooking gas, they believe that is the government that's responsible and that's why they're also so angry and they're not letting up on this because they think this government leaderships all the money and there's an element of truth in it. and also in the month of invalidation. because i know, i think, said earlier on, this is a cumulative on the minister. this is a cumulative impact it's,

it's come to us from the past. we have been living beyond mean before to was really the kid and our living standards been dropped. being hacked and the end of the war we have be became so called up to a middle income country. why? because we've a borrowing. and finally, the funds, the came to an end where we couldn't repair, but it was a previous government, but the people are blaming this government and business to ship because of the property that lifestyle based, extravagant lice that which people can see. and they believe they have stolen the more we now can i entities somebody that we spoke to a little bit earlier? i have a veteran politician from the shoreline can political scene carew. j. s. 3. he says that the current administration, they are not being serious about how to fix the situation, have listened to career and then give us a sense of how people ensure lanka are affecting the count administration and what

they want to happen now have a listen the duration in the country, thousands reducing nobody and especially the army know, cannot take me very serious into godaddy is a struggle at the moment. and this is crossing the question not not doing that. and we have a short, a few other things or plus we had to look at the form, particularly you can look at me and then you can also do the medical sequences nor things on the net. good. i think the government i'm in so for a long, long time have had these sort of quick fixes. they've blasted over the cracks and then sort of a soldier, dawn and i think or where mr. jaceria was also referring to was a little bit of that element that they think they can make it up as they go along. if they've managed to secure and fix this problem, even with the i m f with the bridge financing,

they're seeking from sort of friendly countries from multilateral donors and all of that that had real kind of tied over as much as we had the finance minister. you know, making those comments that we heard. i think that that is a factor that the former speaker was alluding to. that you know, that they don't really, you know, they haven't really taken it seriously. and that is also a sort of a, a general. busy sort of a feeling that this government is so interested in sorting its own sort of future. it's political sort of stability out that what's happening out to the man on the street is something that can be sorted out and they can move on. so i think that is something that's of concern, just do it just to make one point in terms of one of your previous guests in terms of the food shortages and things like that. i think we're not in a situation where people have reached our vision point to be fair. it's not as if

you go to the shops and the shops are empty. there are in an increasing number of people. obviously from the start of the far more modest income groups you know, daily way journals that are finding it very difficult to buy stuff because sometimes things like milk powder, gas and what have you. you can just buy if you have, you're at the right place at the right time and you have the money and that's been sort of costing more and more. but there are certain products, obviously which the government needs to put on foreign exchange like mid powder, like right now and things like that, which i began ask. yes, i go squeezing a little bit of youtube and then i'm going to go straight back to hush cuz i know you've got some thoughts and you can have the last thought in the show. so this is prime minister over to pack. so at, at it's been muted, buying opposition parties in shall anchor, that they should be constitutional change of the president doesn't have so much

power in appointing prime ministers, ministers, except euro. and there is a push. the protest is, are asking for the current administration to step down. how did the prime minister address this is? have a look ma'am on us, you in that? but no, i will now was, i don't worry law, i could be search regularly, but i won't resign. i shall got a show he some thoughts from youtube. so kalani says, got to go home talking about the current administration. a roger picture family has ruined sri lanka at the roger packs of family has so much to answer for a lot of push. they in al youtube comments, asking for this family to step down to resign. hasha. yes. before that i on so on to make a comment about god. them not being serious like mr. carter does who dimension, why? because this is pure incompetence, pure incompetence,

ah plus arrogance. of this government. oh, didn't understand the gravity of the problem. they were not serious. if they understood the problem, they could have resolved this much idea without, you know, creating this absolutely horrendous situation for people in this country. now, the people are angry, they want all the other boxes to go. now as the opposition we have now got, i believe sufficient numbers. busy are to bring in a no confidence motion against the government, which means we can a sensually unseat that had that i had. i'm the very end of the show. i'm just curious for us. we'll take a little bit of protection and now ha said john, thank you so much for helping us with today. said hi, sure. when we come back to talk about shawn can when you come back on the screen,

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