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Sri Lanka’s president, who has pledged to resign in the face of a wave of protests, was considering leaving by boat on Tuesday after being humiliatingly refused to leave the country by immigration officials at Colombo airport, official sources said. French TV 24 reporter Alban Alvarez, which belongs to the French World Media Group as the French Broadcasting Corporation, sent back a report in New Delhi.
Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa exiles over fear of protesters
Alban Alvarez said resigning President Rajapaksa wanted to go into exile, mainly because he was worried about protests by protesters over the past few days. In the waiting hall in public places, because he was afraid of facing the reaction of Sri Lankans inside and outside the airport.
He had been in hiding for a few days, first on a warship and then in a military base, so Rajapaksa tried to escape to the United Arab Emirates and was considering leaving the country via other airports or a Shiyun naval vessel, but It also requires one of the neighbouring countries to accept him into its own territory.
For now, Rajapaksa is still president until tomorrow (13th), and he chooses to formally resign tomorrow. If he keeps his promise, then Prime Minister Wickremesinghe will temporarily act as president. Questioned, his private home was burned on July 9, and the prime minister also announced that he was ready to resign after the establishment of an interim national coalition government. However, the different political parties need to agree on a member of parliament who can be elected as the speaker of the parliament to serve as interim president until the next presidential election in 2024. For now, only one person has expressed interest in the position, the opposition leader Premadasa, also from a political family, and it is uncertain whether this will satisfy the demands of 22 million Sri Lankans to change the head of state and let the country The appeal to get out of the crisis.