Direct Renewal of the Sri Lanka Crisis: President Sri Lanka who was fought was flown to the Air Base near the Main International Airport on Monday, said officials, increasing speculation that he would escape to exile abroad. Gotabaya Rajapaksa Running
A few hours later, parliamentary speakers announced Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday to allow “peaceful transitions”. The 73 -year -old leader took refuge in the Navy Facility in Northeast of the island, said a high -ranking official, added that he was brought to the Katunayaye Air Base next to the country’s main international airport.
He and his entourage were flown back to Colombo in two Bell 412 helicopters,” added the official. There is no official word from the President’s office about its existence, and some local media reports speculate he will go to Dubai Monday night.
But four commercial flights then took off for the Middle East destination without him, said the airport official. Immigration officers refused to go to the VIP suite to label their passports, while he insisted he would not go through public facilities, they added embarrassing disputes for leaders who were known as ‘terminators’.
A military source said Rajapaksa, who remained the commander of the armed forces, had the choice to travel on air force aircraft. Prime Minister’s Office Ranil Wickremesinghe said Rajapaksa had officially told him about the President’s intention to resign, without determining the date.
Sri Lanka’s political parties on Monday initiated steps to form the government of all parties and then elected a new president on July 20 to prevent a bankrupt country from driving further into anarchy. President Rajapaksa has officially conveyed to Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will resign on July 13 as announced earlier, the PM office said on Monday, a few days after the protesters invaded the two houses of the leaders in anger over the error of handling the government’s worst economic crisis that country.
The entire Sri Lanka Cabinet will resign and submit their responsibilities to the temporary government of all parties immediately after being formed, the Office of Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said on Monday, when the country wrestled with the political and economic crisis. It is said that all cabinet members have agreed to hand over their responsibilities to the government of all new parties immediately after being formed. “All ministers who participated in the discussion argued that as soon as there was an agreement to form the government of all parties, they were ready to submit their responsibilities to the government, said the PM Office.