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| According to reports, Raja Paksha is in Mail, the capital of Maldives, from where he will go to another Asian country (Photo: AFP) |
Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Raja Paksha has left the country amid severe economic crisis and protests, while government sources have confirmed his arrival in the Maldives.
Reuters quoted sources as saying that Hours earlier, he had also decided to resign. Immigration officials told that Raja Paksha had left the country on an Air Force plane with his wife and two bodyguards.
Key government sources and a close ally of Raja Paksha say he is currently in the Maldivian capital Mail.
Government sources say it is more likely that Raja Paksha will move from there to another Asian country.
Immigration officials According to the law, he could not stop the president from leaving the country.
Raja Picasa had decided to resign after thousands of protesters stormed the Prime Minister's House last week. They were not seen anywhere in the country.
Sources close to the Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abe Wardana, have said that he has not yet contacted Raja Paksha, while sources close to Raja Paksha say that he had submitted his resignation to the Speaker on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has also offered to resign, after the Sri Lankan constitution, in which case the speaker will be made acting president until a new president is elected.
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| Protesters stormed the Prime Minister's House last week (Photo: AFP) |
Earlier, Abe Vardana had said that a session of parliament would be convened on Friday and the election of a new president would be carried out.
And a large number of Sri Lankans blame him for the current problems.
A Sri Lankan defense official said the 73-year-old president had been transferred to a safe place under the Sri Lankan navy after protesters stormed the presidential palace.
President Raja Paksha will resign on July 13 to form an all-party interim government.
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| President Raja Paksha has not been seen in public since Friday (Photo: AFP) |
A senior government official said Raja Paksha and his staff had been airlifted to Catania Air Base, some distance from the capital Colombo, on Monday, from where they were flown back to the capital by two helicopters.
He will be deported to Dubai.
According to airport staff, there have been four recent flights to the Middle East, but none of them involved President Raja Paksha or his crew.
President Raja Paksha has not been seen in public since Friday and has not made any direct statement on his resignation. I don't know yet.
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