president gotabaya ra'apaksa as the man to blamah president gotabaya ra'apaksa as the man to blame.ests are very firmly — man to blame. yes. the protests are very firmly fixed _ man to blame. yes. the protests are very firmly fixed on _ man to blame. yes. the protests are very firmly fixed on the _ man to blame. yes. the protests are very firmly fixed on the family - man to blame. yes. the protests are very firmly fixed on the family and i very firmly fixed on the family and to some extent the figure of ranil wickremesinghe who was brought in as a stand in prime minister after the eruption in may. as long as ranil wickremesinghe is there and acting as prime minister of the protests will continue. until gotabaya will continue. until gota baya rajapaksa will continue. until gota baya raja pa ksa actually will continue. until gotabaya rajapaksa actually formally resigns so the protests will continue. his left the country, he's apparently bound for singapore on a private jet later tonight. bound for singapore on a private jet latertonight. but bound for singapore on a private jet later

translation: yes which was crushed by ra'apaksa. tuna/momfi which was crushed by ra'apaksa.ey have been tensions within communities - translation: yes they have been tensions within communities and l tensions within communities and a 30 year war also contributed to it. people used religion to politics but we prefer humanity over religion. the politics but we prefer humanity over religion.— over religion. the deadly easter bombing - over religion. the deadly easter bombing of- over religion. the deadly easter bombing of 2019 l over religion. the deadly | easter bombing of 2019 in colombo gave rise to more friction. local members of islamic state carried out the attacks and it was the muslim community under state scrutiny. translation: we community under state scrutiny. translation:— community under state scrutiny. translation: we suffered a lot as muslims. _ translation: we suffered a lot as muslims, especially _ translation: we suffered a lot as muslims, especially after - as muslims, especially after the bomb attacks. we had nothing to do with it but we began to be demonise

step down. ~ ., , demanding president ra'apaksa step down. ~ . , ., down.t is your 'udgment from havinu down. what is your 'udgment from having been _ down. what is your 'udgment from having been in — down. what is your 'udgment from having been in the — down. what is yourjudgment from having been in the country - down. what is yourjudgment from having been in the country so - down. what is yourjudgment from | having been in the country so much and followed its politics so closely? to what extent is this crisis down to bad government and to what extent is itjust down to global factors that are genuinely outside of sri lanka's ability to deal with? fies outside of sri lanka's ability to deal with?— outside of sri lanka's ability to dealwith? ~ , . , , deal with? as far as the debt is concerned. _ deal with? as far as the debt is concerned, they have - deal with? as far as the debt is concerned, they have about. deal with? as far as the debt is j concerned, they have about $51 billion of foreign debt and the foreign currency reserves are running out, and they

gotabaya ra'apaksa is in the maldives, h at this point.ajapaksas have fled. a huge political dynasty and they were heroes for dealing with they were heroes for dealing with the tamil tigers in some quarters of society. where is he going, and what is his ultimate destination? the society. where is he going, and what is his ultimate destination?— is his ultimate destination? the bbc has not is his ultimate destination? the bbc has rrot been — is his ultimate destination? the bbc has not been able _ is his ultimate destination? the bbc has not been able to _ is his ultimate destination? the bbc has not been able to confirm - is his ultimate destination? the bbc has not been able to confirm what . has not been able to confirm what the ultimate destination for rajapaksa and his family is going to be. we do understand that basil rajapaksa, who is the brother of gotabaya and the former finance minister, is trying to get to dubai. we also understand that gotabaya rajapaksa will move from the maldives to another safe location, as they are calling i

testimony to the infamous rule of the rajapaksas and it has to end now. has the infamous rule of the ra'apaksason and other creativity of the people. they have never imagined something like this. whenever a protest used to happen in sri lanka it was either a political party or a trade union, or a civil rights activist group or something like that. but this level of uprising has never been witnessed by any political party or any ruling party in sri lanka. they are out of precedents come out of the book so to speak so they had no idea how to deal with this. now they are attempting to settle this, or rather cover it up, or quell the whole thing by using old methodologies, or old tactics. so what do we do from now on? we turn to our creativity. there are so many creative ways that we can't even imagine. obviously i'm not at liberty to divulge such information beforehand but i can tell you the rajapaksas have no idea what is going to come at them. i don't mean violence in this case. we don't mean violence in this case. we don't have to be violent. violence is of course the last resort of the unimagi