Former Sri Lankan president Rajapaksa defends himself in his resignation letter
“I served my motherland to the very best of my skill and I will carry on to do so in the long run,” former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has stated, as he defended himself in his resignation letter which was go through out in the course of a distinctive session of Parliament on Saturday.
Sri Lanka’s Parliament fulfilled briefly to announce the emptiness in the presidency adhering to the resignation of Rajapaksa, who fled to the region on Wednesday right after a preferred rebellion from him for mishandling the country’s economic disaster.
The resignation letter despatched by Rajapaksa from Singapore was read through throughout the 13-moment distinctive session. In his resignation letter, Rajapksa, 73, blamed the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown for Sri Lanka’s financial woes.
Rajapaksa mentioned he took the very best actions like making an attempt to form an all-party government to counter the financial meltdown. “I served my motherland to the greatest of my ability and I will carry on to do so in the foreseeable future,” he claimed in the letter.
Blames Covid-19
He pointed out that inside of three months of his presidency, the entire entire world came to be strike by the Covid-19 pandemic. “I took action to secure persons from the pandemic regardless of getting constrained by the presently inadequate economic ecosystem that prevailed at the time,” he said.
“Throughout 2020 and 2021 I was compelled to buy lockdowns and the international exchange situation deteriorated. In my view, I took the most effective class of action by suggesting an all-bash or a national governing administration to deal with the condition,” Rajapaksa stated.
“I made a decision to resign as you indicated to me on July 9 the want of the celebration leaders,” he said in the letter. “I resign with impact from July 14,” the letter go through.
Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday and then landed in Singapore on Thursday after it authorized him to enter the state on a “personal check out.” Singapore’s International Ministry stated that Rajapaksa has not asked for asylum and neither has he been granted any asylum.
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