Sri Lankan President resigns via mail after fleeing to Singapore Fleeing Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, submitted a letter of resignation on Thursday, following mass protests over the economic meltdown. This was disclosed by the spokesperson for the parliament hours after Rajapaksa had fled the country. The announcement triggered jubilation in the commercial capital Colombo where protesters massed outside the presidential secretariat, defying a city-wide curfew. Crowds set off firecrackers, shouted slogans and danced ecstatically at the Gota Go Gama protest site, named mockingly after Rajapaksa’s first name. READ ALSO: Sri Lanka President flees...