Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has now officially resigned, following mass protests against him. The now former president fled the country to Maldives on Wednesday, and flew from there to Singapore yesterday, an unnamed security source told CNN. After Gotabaya arrived in Singapore, parliament speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena announced that Gotabaya had tendered his resignation. Mahinda said the country’s PM Ranil Wickremesinghe will remain Acting President until the parliament elects a new President. Lawmakers have been summoned to meet on Saturday to start the process. After hearing the news, Sri Lankans cheered and set off fireworks last night. The celebrations across […]
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