Sri Lanka President ran away by military aircraft and had arrived in Maldives

Author:Pole news Time:2022.07.13

Jimu Journalist Li Lili

Intern Yang Xingnan

According to the Guardian, Sri Lanka President Gota Baya Rajapaksa has left the military aircraft on July 12, local time, and has now arrived at Maldiveva Verata International Airport.

Recently, after Sri Lanka announced that "national bankruptcy", thousands of protesters broke into the presidential palace and forced the president and prime minister to resign.

Faced with an increasingly serious situation, President Rajapaksa has signed a resignation letter on July 11, but the date of filling in the settlement office is July 13.

President Gota Baya Rajapaksa (Picture Source BBC)

According to the Guardian, the 73-year-old leader took a "An-32" military aircraft from Colombo International Airport, and his wife and a bodyguard were also contained on the plane. According to the staff of the airport, the plane stayed on the parking flat for more than an hour to take off because it was uncertain whether it could land on the Maldives. It has now arrived at Maldiveva International Airport.

It is reported that Rajapaksa tried to escape to Dubai on the 11th on the 11th, but the staff at the airport refused to stamp his passport. In the end, he failed to go out of the airport.

From the 11th to 12th, he missed 4 flights to the UAE, and finally spent only one night at the military base next to the airport.

According to sources, Rajapaksa has been trying to leave the country in the past few days. Earlier, the Indian government refused to carry his military aircraft at India's civil airport, and the US Embassy also refused to issue a visa for him.

On the same day, his younger brother, who had served as Minister of Finance, tried to board the flight to the United States to fly to the United States and was stopped by the airport staff. However, according to BBC, Bahil Rajapaksa has also left Sri Lanka and is on the way to the United States.