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Disgraced Sri Lankan president flees in predawn hours before resignation
July 12, 2022
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/12/sri-lanka-rajapaksa-flee-airport/
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka early Wednesday, only hours before his expected resignation after less than three years in office.
Rajapaksa, his wife and two security guards flew out of the country aboard a Sri Lankan air force plane from the civilian airport outside the capital, according to Group Capt. Dushan Wijesinghe, a spokesman for the air force. The request was made by the Defense Ministry, he said, and the plane was headed to Male, the capital of the Maldives.
“This was a failed president and a failed government,” said Faiszer Musthapha, a member of an opposition party that previously allied with Rajapaksa.
Udaran Nanayakkara, a driver for a taxi service, said the public was waiting for an answer from the president. “When he resigns, he will go to jail for corruption,” Nanayakkara said. “So he wants to leave. But he has to give back our dollars.”
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See also:
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How the Rajapaksas Destroyed Sri Lanka’s Economy
April 28, 2022
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/28/sri-lanka-rajapaksa-protests-economy-corruption/
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