President Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is expected to resign today, arrived at the Maldives this morning after a massive protest against him. He was accepted by the Maldives government representative at Velana Airport in men.
President Rajapaksa, his wife and two bodyguards boarded a military aircraft bound by men from Colombo International Airport last night. The report shows that his younger brother and former Minister of Finance Basil Rajapaksa have also left the country.
The island national defense official has told NDTV that Rajapaksa asked them for the plane last night and that they were “obliged” to give him one. Mr. Rajapaksa continued to be the highest commander of the defense forces as president. Prime Minister’s Office Rani Wickremesinghe has also confirmed that the President has left the country.
Upon arrival in the Maldives, President Rajapaksa, his wife and bodyguard were taken to a secret location under police escort, said an airport official in a man.
The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka today denied reports that claimed that India helped President Rajapaksa and his brother Basil fled to the Maldives. “The high commission categorically denied unfounded and speculative media reports that India facilitated a new trip that was reported from @gotabayar @realbrajapaksa to leave Sri Lanka. Repeated that India would continue to support the people of Sri Lanka,” Tweeted.
As president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa enjoyed the immunity from the arrest, and he was believed to want to go abroad before resigning to avoid the possibility of being detained.
He had promised to resign on Wednesday and clean the path for the “peaceful transition of power”. Sri Lanka’s political parties have increased efforts to form the government of all parties and then elected a new president on July 20.Previously, the two Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Basil reversed at Colombo Airport on Tuesday morning when they tried to leave the country in the midst of anger against the Rajapaksa family because they were wrongly handling the worst economic crisis on the island.
Sri Lanka was in the upheaval of a large -scale economic crisis over the past few months, and protested to the climax this weekend when the protesters entered the official residence of the President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.Prime Minister Wickremesinghe has also announced that he will resign after the government of all parties is ready to take over.
Sri Lanka has run out of foreign exchange to finance and even the most important imports, which lead to great difficulties for 22 million people. The country failed to pay a foreign debt of $ 51 billion in April and was in talks with international monetary funds for the possibility of bailout.
