The people of Sri Lanka, who have been protesting for several months demanding the resignation of the President, have achieved their goal. After the demonstrations escalated President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accused of mismanagement and corruption, fled the country and eventually resigned from office. A country gripped by an economic crisis is electing a new president.

Colombo-based political scientist Aruna Kulatunga, a journalist and economic analyst Shiran Illanperuma and a lawyer Bhavani Fonseka, researcher at the Center for Policy Alternatives in Colombo, tell us what united the nation for peaceful protests against the President.