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The 73-year-old Sri Lankan President fled the country along with his wife and two security officers on a military jet on Wednesday.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, hours before he was due to step down after a people's uprising over a devastating economic crisis.
A government source said he left for the city of Male, the capital of the Maldives.
The Immigration and Emigration Officers Association said its members declined to serve Basil Rajapaksa at the VIP departure lounge of the Colombo airport.
Rajapaksa, 73, is yet to resign formally and his whereabouts are also not yet known.
Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he would also step down to allow an all-party interim government to take over.
Opposition parties to meet to discuss government formation
Rajapaksa, a hero of the quarter-century civil war against Tamil rebels, plans to resign on Wednesday, according to the parliament speaker.
Amid the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka over its worst-ever economic crisis, the PM has decided to step down to facilitate an all-party government.
Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has claimed the President has told him so.