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i melissa chant, thanks for joining us, sri lanka is facing it's most serious economic and political crisis in decades with protests on the streets and officials resigning and being replaced so quickly. we're not sure how long the next finance minister will stick around, because the new appointee lasted just a day. people are struggling to get the basics from food to fuel. some observers say the poorest may soon faced starvation. years of government mismanagement and corruption compounded by the pandemic, has led to this tragedy. troops patrol the streets outside the parliament and colombo looked down after unprecedented street demonstrations against sri lanka, president. go to buy a roger puck so once, while he popular his approval ratings have been undermined by people's anger at ramp and inflation as well as food fuel and medicine shortages. the cupboard

panoramic destroy tree, like as tourism industry, leading to a lack of foreign exchange for imports. let me get it, but again, the a very bad anger and i started a small business recently allow me like it, but it's very difficult to maintain a shadow of them. there's no gas, there's no kerosene in. and that's why people are protesting in the street pump. i need to fire availa. good. it is that the abbey is the road. people are suffering a lot. they reached the end of their patience. one can't say how the people will behave, what decision they'll take, or do they have a go to buy a roger packs or is backed by sri lanka is powerful cinderella, buddhist majority, who credit him with ending the 26 year long civil war in 2009, the protest threatened one of the most powerful asian political dynasties, like in 2020 my hinder roger pox. i one elections to become sri lanka, prime minister, serving under his brother and president,

go to buyer in 2021. another sibling basil was named finance minister tightening the family's grip on power. demonstrators accused the president of mismanaging sri lanka, most painful downturn since independence from britain. in 1948. the protest began last month, but have intensified in the past few days, leading to clashes between protesters and police. in some instances. i i oh, roger pox, a revoke to state of emergency after dozens of law makers walked out with the

ruling coalition. with the troops remain on the streets, there is no certain way i was of 3 rank is worth political crisis for decades. joining us from colombo is america sack when a nathan human rights advocate and formerly with the human rights commission of sri lanka. thanks for joining the program. i'm occur what's happening in she lanka has been a long time coming. i want to start with the economy. tell us a bit more about how the country ended up where it is today. yes, as you would have seen right now, facing a foreign exchange, prices are due to which we also are facing a few gas which is effecting even the large industrial, small and medium industries. and just generally economic activity we are unable

to that will meet also, dec payments, which means that we can eat it all, which then i, i think it's worse that even in general on the back. and this has been a long time. i mean, because it is hard to normally prices and our political and economic price is brought on by years old. mismanagement also with this particular government, despite the fact that it was a vice to go to the national monetary fund by many experts, refused to do that. and that i think is also part of that campaign slogans. and but they can be coming to power, which is not, you know, we will see a summer nikki. they also pointed someone to the central bank who economic expert a was not qualified to to make the decisions or by the government on

decisions. which is why right now where to find that there is an economic down and a political crisis which is having an impact on the socio economic status of so many people from. ready children to day wager next to the trade going, what kind of worked in the factories? just having an atlas, in fact, i would say on practically nearly all segments of society. now more than 40 members of the legislature left the governing coalition this week. so now you have a minority group running the country, how much is the country, you know, with the legislature a democracy as opposed to the roger pox, a family having most of the power. but even now, the problem that we have is many of the people who are the should have said that the governing position,

that they wanted to function in parliament as independent. but we still don't know whether when it comes to certain issues that they want, in which case probably why that is why the opposition is also afraid to test it with no confidence motion and the opposition is also playing what he seems a waiting game. for instance, yesterday they made a decision that today and tomorrow they would be there in parliament where they come on. christ is the after point. we know it went to be meltdown. and in a month or 2, that will be a crisis. and only been on the activity kind of shut down. but yet i think even the opposition is not putting forward a plan. they are not testing or that they're being reluctant to take responsibility. so what is being proposed is also what kathy government. but that

also brings into play a constitutional question. the question you asked about, you know, democracy. the fact is this was in a sense, like total democracy, i'd say, i mean you did because of the electoral, a tory care units. i mean back to election. someone is government that routine is arion, and it's also functions more. it's a family and the functions through dispensing patronage. so not ideal. what comes next. one comes next, is that today in parliament, one of the competent and you would have known that all the east resigned. i'm say a be appointed, some of them as far as neutral finance. and i raise a question that you might off is why you need a mr. i read that this diamond last not for instance, the minister of hell. i. so the minister mentioned in parliament residency absolutely no reason to resign the protests as you would have seen on

all right. the nation and the protest are getting larger, the crowd is getting and we and because every day they are faced with most shortages diminishing in the summer, then a complete lack of in command of being able to only eat one me a day. so if we do not see the president stepping down back to you because you could teach the president. but once again, that's a lengthy process of procedure which we really to lock out time. and while i'm and it's and it's not a very ideal situation that we're facing in something that we'll have to get back to you on over the next few weeks. i'm because i couldn't nothing. thank you so much for joining us. thank you. ah. you may remember the many non

ukrainians stuck inside the country when russia invaded ukraine just over a month ago. many of them were medical students from india. they were eventually able to leave and are mostly back home, but they now face a new dilemma. india does not recognize medical degrees obtained from 2 institutions, so students can't simply transfer to a new school d, w. when you're chaudhry met with 2 such students in delhi. this is how the study is for his medical degree these days. he knows this is not ideal, but he like almost 20000 other students who had returned to india from ukraine, has 2 options. he wasn't the 3rd year of his studies when he had to fly back home just before russia invited. having invested considerable time and money in his education in ukraine, he is not worried about what's next. when will it be diversity is saying that they

will call us back once the war ends until then the are conducting online classes. honestly, i don't think you will be that easy because the infrastructure has been badly affected. new on acres crisis also reflects a structural problem within india. mabel emma is an education consultant period, which he says the lack of enough supports in medical schools, kroger, and death. deep fee structure is what drives students to other countries. we had been broaching the government originally in every state, not only in delhi, the, if the government wants, they can accumulate out these student. they can increase the seats and all the, the student who have gone back from you korean can easily be accumulate. they can continue this studies over here. but in the bunch of got them is also a cardio medical student from ukraine. he has come to meet emmett who the and he laments the loss of their practical classes which are essential in their field of study. talk will destroy this, been

a lot of destruction in ukraine. the country has been pushed back 10 to 12 years out of that it will take at least a year for some normalcy to return. the current situation is such that we're not able to figure anything out. even the government has not done anything for us yet. like we have not heard from them. debbie and his parents are worried about his academy. he hopes a decision on the future. all students at unease is taken, so the law not have money to be planned so that all of there is a rule here that we have to complete our medical degree entirely from one university, irrespective of what country we're studying in whatever. but if we transfer to some other university in the middle, our degree won't be considered valid here. you, there should either be an amendment to this rule or an exemption for us because it's a war situation with amber who p, waterbury, to it. hannah rabby is part of an association founded by students who have come back from ukraine. would then aim to find solutions to that problem. he said that would be great if they could continue to study in india. he is highly motivated,

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