Sri Lanka's Minister for Power and Energy Kumara Jayakody resigned on Friday after a presidential commission was announced to investigate coal imports by a state-owned entity used for power generation. His departure marks the first resignation from the National People's Power (NPP) government, which came to power in late 2024 on an anti-corruption platform. The resignation is notable because Jayakody had survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote just days earlier, making the probe's announcement the apparent tipping point.