{"id":277931,"date":"2022-08-18T08:10:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T03:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=277931"},"modified":"2022-08-18T08:10:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T03:10:05","slug":"former-sri-lankan-president-rajapaksa-will-return-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/former-sri-lankan-president-rajapaksa-will-return-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa will return next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rajapaksa to arrive in Sri Lanka on Aug. 24<br \/>\n Colombo<br \/>\nSri Lanka\u2019s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass protests, local broadcaster Newsfirst reported on Wednesday, citing a former ambassador.<br \/>\nUdayanga Weeratunga, a former Sri Lankan envoy to Russia who is related to Rajapaksa, said he will arrive in Sri Lanka on Aug. 24, Newsfirst reported.<br \/>\nRajapaksa, the first Sri Lankan president to quit mid-term, is temporarily sheltering in Thailand, after fleeing Sri Lanka on a military plane to the Maldives and then spending weeks in Singapore.<br \/>\nHe resigned from office soon after arriving in Singapore, facing public anger over his government\u2019s handling of Sri Lanka\u2019s worst economic crisis since independence from Britain in 1948.<br \/>\nRajapaksa has made no public appearances or comment since leaving Sri Lanka. Reuters was not able to immediately contact him or Weeratunga.<br \/>\nThe office of Rajapaksa\u2019s successor, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who suggested last month that the former president refrain from returning to Sri Lanka in the near future, did not immediately respond for a request for comment.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t believe it\u2019s the time for him to return,\u201d Wickremesinghe told the Wall Street Journal in an interview on July 31. \u201cI have no indication of him returning soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rajapaksa to arrive in Sri Lanka on Aug. 24 Colombo Sri Lanka\u2019s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass protests, local broadcaster Newsfirst reported on Wednesday, citing a former ambassador. 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