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we show what he could look like. will return to normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult with successes and you know weekly cove in 19 special every thursday con d w. this is did other news asia coming up to date? the crisis and sure lanka has entered a dangerous new phase. troops have in order to shoot to kill, but protest as are showing no signs of backing down. violence flared after peaceful demonstrators were attacked by pro government support. as the president has been for moderation and has been listed calls to step down. but why are people demanding his ouster? we look at how go toby at odds are just family,

has dominated top posts in the government and why people are fed up with their rule . ah, i british energy, welcome to the dublin news asia that you could join us troops armed with orders to shoot those, indulging in violence of patrolling. she lancoste capital colombo to day armored personnel carriers and soldiers with guns have been deployed to prevent writing and violence. a state of emergency that was to have ended to day has been extended by another day in a country facing it's was economic crisis in 74 years. the true presence on the ground has raised fears of a military takeover of the country. though 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 a demanding president catawba roger buck just 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. what taught 60 vehicles were burnt, including buses, which were used to ship pro government support as to where peaceful demonstrations were being held. at least 8 people have been reported killed, including a ruling party law makeup. an 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 goes in. admiral, all protests were peaceful protests. there was no violence. there was no rioting. the protests were aimed at specific demands of the people in the month when former

prime minister may hinder roger pox. i launched a planned attack on these peaceful protests he should have known and there would be a reaction to that. my. the marcella does ellison, the crisis forestman the roger bucks are to resign as prime minister at the start of the week. his brother gustavo roger buckshot continues, however, as president. following tuesday, his violence, he treated a message of unity urging old sri lankan to join hands as one to overcome economic, social, and political challenges, he also warned against true lumpkins falling prey to attempt to push them towards racial and religious disharmony. i'll be asking an analyst in colombo, 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 do, 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 food and can politics for nearly eat decades. starting with d, a roger fracture, he was a member of parliament, right off of the country, declared independence. in 1948, 4 of his sons followed him into politics by hinder, our departure was for years she, lunk, us, most powerful person. during the 2, thousands serving as president for a decade. and prime minister twice got albia served as defense minister under my him. there and is the current president. their brothers basil and chairman 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 purchase in government. he can't fit them all on our chart. the chills, more unslung, come under melinda, and go toby abaca,

the streets of colombo, burned with anger, against the right to puck, says symbols of their power had come under attack. a dramatic turn of fortune for a family that's 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. melinda, 1st as prime minister, then elected as president in 2005. he appointed his brother, latavia, 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, an islamist terrorist attack renewed public fears over security. the roger 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 in just 30 months, their grip on power has started to unravel. experts say their lax 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 my hinder, barrow had when 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 a latina, me out of buddha. and gentlemen, are for more from columbus on because of going on often. she's chairperson of the n g o. the nealon through jail, them trust and former commissioner in the human rights commission of felucca on because there's a lot i'd like to get your perspective on. but 1st, how are you coping with this sir? 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 way journal 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 straits particular communities are severely impacted and continue to be so particularly those who is lively would depend on the fuel, for instance, which has been in shortage. the kerosene, which i mean in shock age and we saw a lot of them attacked by pro govern supporters on the tuesday yet earlier today in the treat bed and got better departure issue not going to court rejects aversive attempt 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 don t came to power on an overtly thing, but it's nationally platform wise. i'm t channel, i'm t more lynn. i'm at one point. 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 tries to use religion. i know mr. t. to create this common need to create social instability. we thought that multiple trying, even inciting hatred, inciting violence that drop down for i feel bad. the president tweet is quite hypocritical. in this instance, there's 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 to continue at 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 ministers, 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 wrong 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 was seen 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 go to our

departure 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? but she, lunk and 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 these protests 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 of those protests have the ongoing. but i pins in the house is primarily stocked out only about economic and now is, is the ball to asking for the abolishing of the executive presidency and also demands related to corruption. once again, a lot of the barriers, some difference between. 0 demand from the urban protests as opposed to the rule of

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 too 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 rule or what a democracy should be. those values i feel up have low lead becoming internalized. we love we'd love to talk more, but unfortunately we're running out of time because that's going on out there. 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, there's more on our website we leave are now with images from sri lanka where the

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