What Next If Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa Resigns - 4 Latest Facts
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Sri Lanka Crisis: Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's sudden departure has raised questions as to whether he will remain in office and if not what happens next in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today shortly before protesters demanding the leader's resignation amid an unprecedented economic crisis overran the compound of the presidential palace in Colombo even entering his nearby office.
Shortly after Mr Rajapaksa was escorted to safety, videos emerged of suitcases being loaded on a Sri Lanka Navy ship with local media claiming that the suitcases were of the incumbent President.
Mr Rajapaksa's sudden departure has raised questions as to whether he will remain in office and if not, what happens next in the crisis-hit country.
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