'Gota, Go Home': Sri Lankan IT Professionals Protest in Colombo

A group described by local press as IT professionals protested at a roundabout in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Friday, April 8, as they called for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign amid food and fuel shortages due to an economic crisis in the country.

Video filmed by Mushtaq Jameel shows protesters lining the street at Liberty Plaza, holding signs and chanting “Gota, go home.”

Two politicians from Samagi Jana Balawegaya, an opposition alliance, said on Friday that they were collecting signatures to bring a no-confidence motion against the government.

Rajapaksa said through his chief whip on Wednesday that he would not be resigning. Credit: Mushtaq Jameel via Storyful

Video transcript

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