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Potret Demo Sri Lanka Seperti "Berwisata" di Istana Presiden

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Senin, 11/07/2022 19:30 WIB

Massa yang berdemo mengantri masuk ke kantor Presiden Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa di Kolombo, Senin (11/7/2022).

1/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Massa yang berdemo mengantri masuk ke kantor Presiden Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa di Kolombo, Senin (11/7/2022). Ini merupakan hari kedua, setelah kediaman presiden diserbu rakyat sejak Minggu. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

2/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka berada dalam kekosongan politik. Para pemimpin oposisi belum menyepakati siapa harus menggantikan pemimpin sebelumnya yang ditolak mentah-mentah warga yang marah atas kesengsaraan ekonomi negara itu. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

3/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Para pengunjuk rasa terlihat antre memasuki istana presiden. AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

4/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Keberadaan Presiden Rajapaksa sendiri tidak diketahui. Terlihat bagaimana warga memainkan barang yang ada di istana. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

5/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Di dalam Istana warga terlihat berjalan-jalan dan berkeliling menjajal fasilitas milik presiden. Beberapa ada yang mencoba duduk dan tidur di sofa istana. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

6/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Perlu diketahui, Rajapaksa telah menjadi presiden sejak November 2019 bersama lima anggota keluarganya yang memegang jabatan politik senior. Dia dituduh melakukan korupsi, membangkrutkan negara, dan memicu krisis ekonomi terburuk sejak kemerdekaan pada 1948. Dalam foto terlihat bagaimana pendemo mengabadikan sisi di rumah presiden itu bak berwisata. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

7/7 People queue up to visit President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office for the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders, whose residences are occupied by protesters, angry over the country's economic woes. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Janji Rajapaksa untuk mengundurkan diri pada hari Rabu disampaikan melalui ketua parlemen pada Sabtu malam. Namun, dia masih bersembunyi dn tak kunjung muncul memberi pernyataan langsung. Hari ini, Perdana Menteri Ranil Wickremesinghe juga menyampaikan bahwa memang benar Rajapaksa akan mengundurkan diri. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)