Lagatar24 Desk
Colombo, July 13: Following months of widespread protests against his island country’s worst-ever economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s beleaguered president left his country early on Wednesday and travelled to the Maldives. This move is likely a prelude to his resignation.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa left his official mansion in Colombo shortly before tens of thousands of demonstrators overran it over the weekend, promising to step down on Wednesday to allow for a “peaceful transition of power.”
Rajapaksa is thought to have intended to leave Sri Lanka before resigning in order to avoid the risk of being arrested because he is president and is therefore immune from arrest.
