Gotabaya Rajapaksa had repeatedly assured the speaker of parliament that he would step down on Wednesday, but his resignation letter had not arrived as of early Thursday.
Sri Lankans are waiting for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa today, a day after he fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprising against an economic crisis blamed on his government's mismanagement.
BANGALORE - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled his crisis-hit country amid anti-government protests, appears to be stranded in the Maldives on Thursday (July 14), even as reports said he was trying to fly out to Singapore or Dubai. Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror reported that Mr Rajapaksa did not board a Singapore Airlines flight he was said to be.
Sri Lanka's main city, Colombo, remains calm as people wait for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprisin.
Sri Lankans waited for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday, a day after he fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprising against an economic crisis blamed on his government's mismanagement.