Gotabaya Rajapakse denied entry to Dubai..! Arrested?

Sowmiya Sriram
Gotabaya Rajapakse denied entry to Dubai..! Arrested?

It was reported today that former Finance minister Basil Rajapaksa was denied permission to flee to dubai from Sri Lanka. In this situation, the news that President Gotabaya Rajapakse and his wife have been denied permission to escape to dubai has now come out. President Gotabaya Rajapakse was insulted in his own country because of the collapse of the Sri Lankan economy. His house was ransacked. He is said to have left home overnight and taken shelter in an army base. Gotabaya Rajapakse's attempt to flee to dubai with his wife has been denied permission by the immigration officials.
Gotabaya Rajapakse has officially agreed to resign from his post tomorrow (July 13). It was reported that the paper has already been signed. It was at this stage that he tried to flee to dubai, fearing arrest by the Sri Lankan government. He arrived at Colombo airport on monday night with his wife. The person at the airport went through the VIP and tried to get the passport stamped. At that time, immigration office officials advised coming by the public route. But, he did not agree to it. He said that if he goes out in public, he will be threatened by people.
The immigration authorities did not agree to this. Meanwhile, Gotabaya Rajapakse had to miss four flights from Colombo to Dubai. Eventually, he went back to the military base near the Colombo airport. Gotabaya Rajapakse's idea is that if he flees abroad while he is the current president, he can escape arrest. He is afraid that if he continues to stay in Sri Lanka, he may be arrested for reasons such as the country's economic decline, mismanagement of the economy, and financial crisis.
Along with this, the case of a military attack on Tamils and the killing of innocent Tamils is still pending. He is yet to appear in this case. Gotabaya Rajapakse fears that this case will revive when he loses office. Gotabaya Rajapakse was the minister of Defense during the ethnic war against the LTTE that ended in 2009. Following him, his brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is facing various corruption charges, tried to travel to the united states via dubai on tuesday morning. At that time, people who recognized him at the airport staged a protest. They protested that they should not be allowed to escape. Subsequently, the immigration authorities also denied permission to Basil Rajapaksa. Basil Rajapaksa is said to be a American citizen also.

People thronged the court on tuesday after hearing that the two Gotabaya brothers had fled Sri Lanka. They demanded that Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa, Ranil Wickramasinghe, and whoever is responsible for the economic collapse should not be allowed to leave the country. A new president should be chosen on the 20th.
 It is said that SJB party leader Sajith Premadasa may be chosen as the President. Sajith contested against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the 2019 elections and lost. If elected, he will remain president until the general election in 2024. It is said that since President Gotabaya has resigned, prime minister Ranil will also take over the responsibility of the President until the next President takes charge.

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