Opposition MP for Tamil National Alliance M. A. Sumanthiran condemned the government's handling of protest and called President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to immediately rescind this gazette notification, Sumanthiran also urged fellow MPs to reject the state of emergency bill.[1] SJB MP Harsha de Silva said that the government has lost its legitimacy for the mishandling of debt crisis in the country.[65] Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa called the state of emergency as unconstitutional and condemned the government for violating the law.[3]