Speaking to the Hindu, Tamil National Alliance MP, MA Sumanthiran, maintained that support for an interim all-party government would be conditional on meeting certain demands.

“We have been consulted and the SJB has invited us. We have asked them to go ahead with a new government if they have the numbers. However, if they need our support, we said will then talk about the conditions on which we might be able to support them,” Sumanthiran stated.

Responding to mass unrest in Colombo, which saw the burning of the Prime Minister’s house, the International Monetary Fund has raised deep concerns over the crisis whilst stressing the need for a resolution that will “allow for the resumption of our dialogue on an IMF-supported program”.

Responding to mass demonstrations in Colombo and continued calls for Sri Lanka’s President to resign, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Subramanian Swamy demands that India’s military be prepared to support the Rajapaksas.

On Twitter he stated:

both Gotabaya and Mahinda Rajapaksha were elected in a free election with thumping majority. How can India allow a mob to overturn such a legitimate election? Then no democratic country in our neighbourhood will be safe. If Rajapaksa wants India’s military help we must give

A statement from the Sri Lankan army admitted that soldiers opened fire during Saturday’s protest, after video clips of the shootings were widely shared, but denied there was any “intent on causing deliberate harm to the protesters”.

In a statement entitled ‘The army sets the record straight about Saturday firing’, the military said its attention “has been drawn to a few video clips going viral”.

The Church of St Peter in Navaly commemorated over 140 Tamil civilians that were killed in its premises by Sri Lankan Air Force bombs 27 years ago.

Following the breach of the Presidential residence yesterday, a video has circulated showing protesters recovering an estimated Rs. 17,850,000 in the President's residence.

Footage has emerged of Sri Lankan security forces opening fire yesterday as demonstrators storm the president’s house, with bullets ricocheting off walls just inches away from protestors.

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On July 9, thousands of protestors stormed the residence of Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in what appeared to be the climax of months of protest over the economic crisis on the island. Photos and videos that quickly made headlines around the world showed demonstrators rummaging through his wardrobe, working out in his personal gym, and splashing around in his private pool. Less than three years after Rajapaksa won a commanding majority among the island’s Sinhalese, the unimaginable had happened - the Sinhala Buddhist strongman, whose war crimes aided rather than impeded his rise to power, was being forced out of office.

According to Parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will be stepping down on 13 July.

The announcement comes amidst escalating protests in which protesters set Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's home ablaze and stormed the President's property. Rajapaksa has since fled his home and his location remains unknown.

Rajapaksa has informed the speaker of his plans to step down as president this coming Wednesday, the speaker stated that "the decision to step down on 13 July was taken to ensure a peaceful handover of power"

Earlier today Prime Minister Wickremesinghe agreed to resign and make way for an all-party government.

In what has been the largest protest amidst the island's crippling economic crisis, anti-government protestors set fire to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's private residence in Cambridge Terrace in response to violence unleashed by police para-military on protestors and media personnel.