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Sri Lanka Crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as president to be announced at 7:30am local time, says speaker's office

THE TIMES OF INDIA | Jul 15, 2022, 12:33:19 IST

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Sri Lanka Crisis: Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as president to be announced at 7:30am local time, says speaker's office

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday emailed his resignation letter to the parliament speaker. He had fled to the Maldives earlier this week and on Thursday took a Saudi Airlines plane to Singapore. Sources have, however, refuted media reports on their onward travel. His escape to Maldives was negotiated by former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, sources said. Meanwhile, Sri Lankans are awaiting his resignation, a day after he fled to escape an uprising against an economic crisis blamed on his government's mismanagement. Stay with TOI for more updates

14:06 (IST) Jul 14

The Sri Lankan President and his wife boarded the flight to Singapore from Male at 11.30.

13:39 (IST) Jul 14

Military tanks deployed in Colombo

Military tanks have been deployed on the roads of Colombo, as massive protests continue to simmer in the island-nation on Thursday. (ANI)

13:05 (IST) Jul 14

As Sri Lanka looks at solutions, protesters leave offices

Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators on Thursday decided to vacate some of the iconic administrative buildings, including the President's House and the Prime Minister's Office, they have been occupying since April 9 demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation.

12:35 (IST) Jul 14

President takes flight to reach Singapore, followed by Saudi Arabia

The Sri Lankan President has reportedly taken a Saudi Airlines plane to reach Singapore and then Saudi Arabia's Jeddah, a Maldives government officials said on Thursday on condition of anonymity. (AP)

12:33 (IST) Jul 14

Gotabaya leaves for Singapore

Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has left for Singapore on a private jet.

12:16 (IST) Jul 14

The Sri Lankan government has imposed a curfew in Colombo from 12pm on Thursday to 5am on Friday, reports Reuters citing Sri Lankan government.

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12:14 (IST) Jul 14

Sri Lanka troops barricade Parliament against protesters

Military troops were moving Thursday to secure Sri Lanka’s parliament building against a takeover by protesters infuriated by the country’s economic collapse and the embattled president’s failure to resign a day after fleeing the country.

11:21 (IST) Jul 14

Private jet arrives in Maldives to transport Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to Singapore, reports Daily Mirror.

11:18 (IST) Jul 14

Sri Lanka protesters in talks to end occupation

Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis.

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11:01 (IST) Jul 14

Protestors seen inside the premises of Sri Lankan PM's office in Colombo on Thursday, a day after they had entered. (ANI photo)

10:40 (IST) Jul 14

Sri Lanka protesters say they will leave official buildings. (AFP)

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09:50 (IST) Jul 14

Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday lifted the curfew, which was imposed in the Western province after the eruption of violence in the capital here, even as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has fled to the Maldives, was yet to submit his resignation letter.

09:43 (IST) Jul 14

The Speaker of Sri Lanka's Parliament is yet to receive the resignation letter of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the Speaker's office confirmed on Thursday.

09:37 (IST) Jul 14

Peaceful transfer of power within Sri Lanka is essential: US

Amid the unrest in Sri Lanka, US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung has urged for the peaceful transfer of power within the country's constitutional framework and said that the US condemns all violence and calls for the rule of law to be upheld in the crisis-hit island nation.

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09:08 (IST) Jul 14

Sri Lanka awaits president's resignation after flight

Sri Lankans waited for the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday, a day after he fled to the Maldives to escape a popular uprising against an economic crisis blamed on his government's mismanagement.

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08:30 (IST) Jul 14

Sri Lanka Ministers hold party leaders' meet to resolve ongoing crisis

In order to tackle the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, leaders of political parties met and decided that Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe should resign immediately to resolve the current situation in the country.

07:59 (IST) Jul 14

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has not departed for Singapore on the scheduled Singapore Airlines flight from Male to Singapore, the Daily Mirror reports.

07:51 (IST) Jul 14

Gotabaya Rajapaksa awaits for private jet to depart from Maldives for Singapore

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Maldives on Wednesday followed by an uprising triggered due to the economic collapse of the island nation, is now waiting to travel further to Singapore.

07:00 (IST) Jul 14

US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Chung urges political fraternity to ensure peaceful transfer of power, reports PTI

03:15 (IST) Jul 14

Read: India denies any role in Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape

India strongly denied reports that it had facilitated president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s escape to the Maldives and reiterated support for the Sri Lankan people. The denial followed media reports and speculation in political circles in Sri Lanka that India might have used its close links with the Maldivian government to provide a safe exit to the president.

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