#Sri_Lanka protests: thousands storm president’s residence in Colombo | Sri Lanka | The Guardian
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“I have never experienced such a widespread people’s uprising,” said Fernando. “There was such a sense of achievement when people entered the president’s house, and his secretariat. These are all places maintained in luxury by people’s money at a time when the government claims that there isn’t enough money to give medicine, to give food, to give fuel. So it’s very politically significant they have been reclaimed by the public.”
