Sri Lanka’s embattled president reportedly fled the island nation on a military jet on Wednesday amid mass protests calling for his resignation, ending his family dynasty that dominated national politics for decades.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, along with his wife and two bodyguards, fled to Male—the capital city of the Maldives—after thousands of anti-government protesters stormed his house on Saturday.
An immigration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that authorities could not prevent Rajapaksa from fleeing Sri Lanka as he was still the country’s president, Reuters reported.
Thousands of protesters stormed his official residence on Saturday and vowed to remain there until Rajapaksa resigned. Protesters also seized Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s residence and set it on fire….