deal with it. how can we stay focused on what is important? shaping tomorrow now. and number 2 meetings for media professionals in times of crisis. the global media for june 2020 to your ticket. now this is d, deborah news asia coming up to date. the price isn't you, lanka has entered a dangerous new phase. troops have in order to shoot to kill, but protest has are showing no signs of backing down. violence fled after peaceful demonstrators were attacked by pro government support. as the president has appealed for moderation and has been listed calls to step down. but why are people demanding his ouster? we look at how got alberto just family has dominated top posts in the government.

and why people are fed up with their rule ah, i british manager, welcome to the dublin news asia that you could join us troops armed with orders to shoot those, indulging in violence of patrolling sri lanka, capital colombo, today. i'm at personnel. carriers and soldiers with guns have been deployed to prevent rioting and violence. a state of emergency that was to have ended today has been extended by another day in a country facing it's was economic crisis in 74 years. the true president on the ground has raised fears of a military takeover of the country. those soldiers on the streets, a response to this, a wave of violence after pro government supporters attacked peaceful demonstrators in the capital, colombo,

demonstrate as the demanding president catawba raj. a butcher stepped down for his government's failure to prevent the economic crisis. demonstrators on tuesday beat pro government supporters who attacked them with sticks and rods. a 104 buildings, many belonging to lawmakers from the ruling party were taught. 60 vehicles were burnt, including buses, which were used to ship pro guffman supporters to wear peaceful demonstrations were being held. at least 8 people have been reported killed, including a ruling party, lawmaker and opposition. politician sought to explain what was behind the violence on tuesday. he said it has been provoked by the government and its supporters. m. o, goshen latimer. pol protests were peaceful protests. there was no violence and there was no rioting. the protests were aimed at specific demands of the people in the month when former prime minister may hinder roger packs are launched a planned attack on these peaceful protests. he should have known and there would

be a reaction to that. my that about sheila, it does it isn't. the crisis forced mind are under bucks are to resign as prime minister at the start of the week. his brother gustavo roger buckshot continues, however, as president following tuesday as violence. he tweeted a message of unity urging all sri lankan stood join hands as one to overcome economic, social, and political challenges. he also warned against sri lankan falling prey to attempt to push them towards of racial and religious dis, harmony of asking an analyst and columbo about what the president was alluding to in that last bit. but 1st, a look at why so much of the public anger is being directed at the raj. a bunch of family political observers have called roger puncture did misty, the most unashamedly nepotistic regime in sri lanka, history, family members held crucial ministerial births. in addition to being in parliament and other government departments, the family has been

a part of shrunken politics for nearly 8 decades. starting with d. a raj, a fuck sher. he was a member of parliament, right off of the country, declared independence. in 1948, 4 of his sons followed him into politics. my hinder roger boucher was for years re lancoste most powerful person during the 2 thousands serving as president for a decade and prime minister twice. gustavo served as defense minister under my him there and is the current president there. brothers basil and jermel also held cabinet positions, finance and irrigation before getting sacked in the current crisis. and many in the next generation that his sons, daughters, nephews in laws and cousins, all found birches in government. he can't fit them all on our chart. but here's more on sri lanka, under my hinder and go toby raj, a butcher,

the streets of colombo, burned with anger, against the right to pock says symbols of their power had come under attack. a dramatic turn of fortune for a family that dominated sri lanka, politics for nearly 20 years. starting in the mid to thousands to roger pox. the brothers rose to power as a package deal. ma hinder, 1st as prime minister then elected as president in 2005. he appointed his brother, catawba, defense minister. in 2009. they brutally crushed the tumble tiger insurgency. and in a decades long civil war and the family brand sword ma hinder one a 2nd term in a landslide. he packed his cabinet with family members who used their political clout and billions borrowed from china to plug budget shortfalls, and fund extravagant infrastructure projects drowning the country in debt. and

2015 melinda lost the presidency to a non family cabinet member. but 4 years later and islamist terrorist attack renewed public fears over security. the raja pox has vowed to get tough and the people voted them back into power. again a package deal. but this time go tub ya as president and my hinder as his prime minister. but interest 30 months, their grip on power has started to unravel. experts say there lacks financed policies have caused the islands economy to crater shortages of fuel. food and medicine have prompted mass protests. oh, calls for the roger pucks of family to go at 1st went unanswered. but then one by one, those in government have started to resign. including melinda, very well,

had was evacuated by army commandos after angry crowds reached the gate to his residence. go tabio still remains in charge of the mess of his families making. i live in a me out of buddha. and joining me now for more from colombo is on because that's going on now. since she's chairperson of the, into the neil and the to jail them trust and former commissioner in the human rights commission of felucca. america, there's a lot i'd like to get your perspective on. but 1st, how are you coping with this crisis? i would say that probably better than most because i think it's important to check one privilege. and i would say in many ways, in comparison to the daily wage earners, for instance, the pharmacy. in comparison to many of those people, i would say i'm actually doing much better because they are in dire,

straight particular communities via the impact and continue to be so particularly those who livelihood depend on the fuel. for instance, which has been in shortage, the kerosene, which has been in shock age. and we saw a lot of them attacked by pro govern supporters on the tuesday yet earlier today in the tweet. better than good. i bet our departure issue not going to court, rejects of both of attempts to push you towards racial and religious this harmony. what was he talking about? good question. it's quite interesting that the president said bad considering dive, he came to power on an overtly thing, but it's nationalist platform. got was. i'm t channel. i'm t mos lynn. i'm a wine by and he boasted about the fact that he was elected by the singular majority and doubtful for him, and we have seen even since then,

since he came to power, how the government tried to use religion. i know mister d to create this common need to create social instability. we thought that multiple tribes, even inciting teacher, and inciting violence that drop down for i feel that the president's tweet is quite hypocritical. in this instance, the also demands for president good job, buckshot to step down. yet a lot of the anger appears to also be directed against the raj. bunch of emily in general. why do you think that is? absolutely it is. the initial demand was for the president to step down and back and continue that demand then evolved to asking all the raj boxes to step down and back to because this is, and this is something that if you go to many of the project sites and particularly the main, the large flagship kind of site that is a goal face. they call it a family business because one of the brothers, the president, the other,

one of the prime minister, several of the other brothers ministers, they've got their family members, relatives, that in laws appointed to many of the positions. so it's, it's a family business that is run in a very non transparent on democratic manner. and this is something that the people have seen how there is corruption, barriers, nepotism, there is patronage, and public resource is used for private purposes. and this is why the demand is not just for the president to step down, but for the entire family. what seemed to have a slice to the country for their personal benefit. yet one can't help, but notice that a lot of the people who are out on the streets who are protesting other very people who voted this family into power repeatedly. i mean, number of times the power has alternated between my and the departure and got roger buckshot to go back to the point you were making earlier. this was primarily on a sin, hailey's majority,

nationalistic platform. do you think these people are having a change of heart? is that a different expectation that she, lunk of now have of their politicians? yes, and no. i would say largely the demands or the protest, at least in this out, because the much remember the not the protest have been taking on, you know, they have existed for a long time. the families disappeared. for instance, i've been protesting, peacefully, non stop for more than 1900 days that are constantly protest again, the military takeover, occupation and acquisition of private lands in then also the east for those protest i be on going. but i pins in the house is primarily stocked out only about economic and now is the ball to asking for the abolish and of the executive presidency and also demands related to corruption. once again, a lot of the barriers, some difference between demand from the urban protests as opposed to the rules, protest, etc. but one demand is very clear for the family to step down in terms of the other

issues, i would say, particularly among the younger people, there is an awareness or wanting to learn more about the historical issues, the ethnic conflict, etc. i'm there finally, i feel to many of them are beginning to understand what it means to be a citizen and to hold your elected representatives accountable. so that notion on citizenship is definitely evolving and changing and their understanding that role or watch a democracy should be those values. i feel a half slowly becoming internalized. we love, we'd love to talk more, but unfortunately we're running out of time because i've gone up and we'll have to leave it there for the timing. but thank you so much for joining us today. thank you very much. and that's it for today as ever. others more on our website we live, are now with images from sri lanka where the economic crisis has escalated. troops of shoot tricky loaders

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on prince colburn, berlin, welcome to the program tree lanka. as in crisis, dwindling foreign reserves and skyrocketing kidding, debt levels have left the country struggling to import stable products for its 22000000 people. but the crisis moved into a darker phase this week when government supporters with sticks and clubs, tact demonstrators who had peacefully been demanding the president's resignation. ha, there's evil or food in sri lanka, at least if you asked these protesters, they're hoping his exorcism will help drive members of the ruling bridge effects. a family from office, blaming them for the economy, hardship, bettering the island nation, majoring for structure, project like the construction of this harbor funded in part which i need loans. i've driven.