Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially stepped down as president of Sri Lanka. It comes after months of anti-government protests over a worsening economic crisis.
Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker officially accepted Rajapaksa's resignation on Friday.
Earlier this week, the now-former leader fled the country with his wife. He is now reportedly in Singapore.
It brings an end to more than a decade of Sri Lanka's rule by the Rajapaksa dynasty.
Both Gotabaya and his brother Mahinda have served as president, while their relatives have held key government positions.再生解説
Colombo, the country's largest city, is still under a state of emergency after a week of unrest.
Protesters clashed with security forces on Wednesday, and the official residences of both the president and the prime minister remain occupied by demonstrators.
The country remains critically short on food and fuel and lacks the funds to import more.
Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker officially accepted Rajapaksa's resignation on Friday.
Earlier this week, the now-former leader fled the country with his wife. He is now reportedly in Singapore.
It brings an end to more than a decade of Sri Lanka's rule by the Rajapaksa dynasty.
Both Gotabaya and his brother Mahinda have served as president, while their relatives have held key government positions.再生解説
Colombo, the country's largest city, is still under a state of emergency after a week of unrest.
Protesters clashed with security forces on Wednesday, and the official residences of both the president and the prime minister remain occupied by demonstrators.
The country remains critically short on food and fuel and lacks the funds to import more.
◆step down ～を辞任する to leave your job or official position, because you want to or because you think you should
◆flee ～から逃げる、～を捨てる to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger
◆dynasty 名門、名家 a family of kings or other rulers whose parents, grandparents etc have ruled the country for many years
◆unrest. 混乱、動乱、不安、動揺 a political situation in which people protest or behave violently
◆critically 極度に、決定的に in a way that is very serious and worrying SYN dangerously