Police stand guard behind a fence as demonstrators take part in a protest against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities at the entrance of the Sri Lanka prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa residence in Colombo on April 5, 2022. (ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
COLOMBO – Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday night issued a gazette revoking the public emergency.
The public emergency was revoked from midnight of April 5, 2022, according to the gazette.
On April 1 a special gazette was issued declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka.
The president declared the emergency a day after protests were staged near his residence on March 31.
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The move has been criticized by the country's opposition political parties.