Sri Lanka institutes emergency before MPs vote for new president

Beleaguered leaders have imposed rule often since April, when public protests took hold

Police personnel leave after gathering forensic evidence inside the Sri Lankan president’s official residence on July 15 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/ABHISHEK CHINNAPPA

“It is expedient, so to do, in the interests of public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to the life of the community,” the notification reads. Previous emergency regulations have been used to deploy the military to arrest and detain people, search private property and dampen public protests.

Parliament accepted Rajapaksa's resignation on Friday, and convened a day later to begin the process of electing a new president, with the vote set for Wednesday.

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