Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse today declared that he will appoint a new Prime Minister and cabinet this week in the island nation, which was plunged into chaos after Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse stepped down from his post on Monday, nulling the elected government. Struggling with a mammoth economic crisis for weeks, the nation of 22 million people is currently under curfew. The army and the police have been allowed to shoot at sight those violating curfew.In an address to the nation this evening, President Rajapakse said to “control the current situation, and prevent the country from heading towards anarchy”, he would appoint a Prime Minister and Cabinet this week “that can command a majority in Parliament and can gain the confidence of the people of the country”.”Thereafter, a constitutional amendment will be moved to enact the content of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which will vest more powers with the parliament. The new government’s Prime Minister will be awarded the opportunity to produce a new program and take this country forward,” he added.
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