the economic crisis which has crippled their country leaving it short of funds to buy medicines or fuel. our correspondent rajini vaidyanathan was with protestors outside the presidential palace in colombo when the news of president rajapaksa s departure was made public. there is a real party atmosphere here at colombo seafront for that which has been a protest site for many weeks for that one of the may need demands protesters have for gotabaya rajapaksa to go. their slogan, their chant was go home go tile. we now know that president gotabaya rajapaksa has left the country. he fled on eight militaryjet with members of his family. we don t know where exactly he s headed to for been in hiding for the last few days, ever since his home, his official residence was overrun by protesters. it wasn tjust his official residence, in fact over there his presidential