Sri Lanka’s president quits after fleeing protests in crisis-hit country
Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled country on Wednesday after protesters occupied presidential palace
Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned as president of Sri Lanka a day after fleeing weeks of mass protests over the country’s economic crisis.
Rajapaksa’s office said his resignation letter had been received by the country’s parliamentary speaker, after it was flown from Singapore, to where the leader had fled via the Maldives.