Sri Lanka's main opposition party has joined anti-government protesters in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and is insisting the president must resign to take responsibility for the country's disastrous economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed five-time prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to his sixth term on Thursday, a move unlikely to resolve the political and economic turmoil in the Indian Ocean island nation. A week of violent clashes between protesters and government supporters across the country has left nine people dead and more than 300 wounded. The president's elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, quit as prime minister on Monday as violence spiraled out of control. 
To get some insights into the crisis we are joined by someone who understands Sri Lanka after having spent years in the country.We spoke to South Africa's former High Commissioner to Sri Lanka and a member of the In Transformation Initiative, Geoff Doidge ....