Sri LankaPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe declared the state of emergency imposed to curb nationwide protests to be void. said it would be Extended until this week.
"The situation in the country is stable and there is no need to reinstate the state of emergency if it is lifted this week," Mr Wickramasinghe's media office said on Tuesday.
Mr. Wickremesinghe declared a state of emergency on July 18, when he was acting president, amid widespread protests over the government's mishandling of the country's worst economic crisis. It was when
The move was heavily criticized by Sri Lankan activists and opponents.
Citizens who love have the sacred privilege of exercising their basic rights in a democratic society.Long live democracy," opposition leader Sajith Premadasa said in a tweet at the time.
The Sri Lanka Bar Association also urged Mr Wickremesinghe to withdraw his declaration.
"Declaring a state of emergency is not an answer to the current situation in the country, including the string of public protests that led to the eventual resignation of the former president," the association said. in a statement.
As Sri Lanka's economy crumbles, former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in a military plane and resigned last month.
In Rajapaksa's absence, he appointed Sri Lanka's then-Prime Minister Wickremesinghe as Acting President.
Mr Wickremesinghe immediately declared a state of emergency in the country and ordered the army to restore order. Thousands of protesters flooded his office, demanded his resignation,and set fire to his residence.
He was later elected Sri Lanka's new president in a vote of parliamentarians.
The state of emergency has forced the country's military and police to arrest and detain people for long periods of time, even as some 22 million Sri Lankans continue to suffer unprecedented economic turmoil. was made.
Prices for basic goods and services are getting higher and inflation has soared in her worst financial crisis the country has faced in more than 70 years.
Millions of people struggle to buy food, medicine, fuel and other necessities.
Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt for the first time in its history in May this year.
Human Rights His Watch senior his researcher and advocate Sara Sardoon wrote in a secondment to the organization: cause of national problems. IMF actions must support these demands. ''
