A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as debt crisis grows

A Buddhist monk listens to an anti-government speech during the ongoing protest outside president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 25, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans have protested outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in recent weeks, demanding that he and his brother, Mahinda, who is prime minister, quit for leading the island into its worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

A political reckoning in Sri Lanka as debt crisis grows