Why Minorities Must Support the Struggle

By Sri Lanka Brief-05/05/2022

Daily Mirror online public poll conducted over the week has revealed that 96% of the people wanted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, and the entire government to resign to have an all-party interim government comprising a limited expert Cabinet.

The public poll was carried out to get the public opinion as to whether President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and the entire government should resign to have an all-party interim government comprising a limited expert Cabinet.

The question “As demanded by the people for nearly three weeks, should President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, PM Mahinda Rajapaksa and the entire government resign to have an all-party interim government comprising a limited expert Cabinet?” was published on Dailymirror.lk with four responses 1. Yes, 2. No, 3. Only President and PM should resign and 4. Don’t Know.

The outcome of the poll also revealed that just 2.1% did not want the President, the PM and the entire government to resign, while 1.2% wanted only the President and the PM to resign. 0.7% did not hold any opinion on that. (Nishan Hewage)