Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday (April 1st), giving broad powers to the security forces after 24 hours of sometimes violent demonstrations against his inability to resolve the serious economic crisis.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa explained that public security requires the enforcement of tough laws giving security forces sweeping powers to arrest and imprison suspects.
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