Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned from the post. Sri Lankan Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abhayawardene has given this information. His office says Sri Lanka’s parliament speaker Mahinda Yapa Abhayawardene has received President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation letter. Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday.
Earlier, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had left for Maldives from Sri Lanka on Wednesday morning amid the economic crisis and chaotic situation in Sri Lanka. He had flown to Maldives with his wife and two security personnel in a special Air Force aircraft. After this, the statement of the Foreign Ministry of Singapore has come out on Thursday. In which he has said that they are in Singapore.
Singapore issued a statement regarding Gotabaya:
At the same time, Singapore has issued a statement regarding Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who recently escaped from Sri Lanka. Actually, there was news in the morning that Gotabaya has now reached Singapore after Maldives. It was only after this that there was speculation of him taking asylum in Singapore. Now the Singapore Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in this matter. It said that Rajapaksa is on a private visit to Singapore. Neither they have sought asylum here nor have they been given asylum. Singapore generally does not offer asylum.
Air Force confirms Gotabaya’s escape to Maldives:
Sri Lanka’s Air Force has confirmed that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left for Maldives with his wife. In accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and at the request of the government, the Sri Lankan Air Force provided the President, his wife and two security officers an aircraft early Wednesday to fly to the Maldives, the statement said.
President is exempted from arrest:
Actually, the President posted in Sri Lanka is exempted from arrest. In such a situation, it is believed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa wanted to run abroad before resigning. He feared that Gotabaya might be arrested as soon as he resigned. Let us tell you, Gotabaya was to submit his resignation today. Before that he had fled the country.
Recently, he had announced his resignation. He made an official announcement to resign on Wednesday, 13 July. The signed resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa was handed over to a senior official. Who had to hand it over to the Speaker of the Parliament. Its formal announcement was to be made on 13 July. In view of the street protests in Sri Lanka, the cabinet will now resign if the all-party government is formed.
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