According to the city-immigration state’s office, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former president of Sri Lanka, left Singapore when his social visit card expired.
According to speculation, Gotabaya Rajapaksa will travel to Thailand and stay there for a while before moving on to another Southeast Asian country. He abandoned his island nation last month after widespread protests.
During the biggest economic crisis in seven decades and days after tens of thousands of demonstrators stormed the president’s official mansion and office, Rajapaksa fled to Singapore on July 14 and abruptly resigned from office the following day.
When Rajapaksa’s 90-day visa to Thailand expires in November, it is expected that he would return to Sri Lanka because he no longer looks to be able to find temporary refuge in any country.
Rajapaksa will be warmly welcomed in Thailand for humanitarian reasons, and yesterday, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha gave assurances to international media that it would just be a quick visit.
The Sri Lankan government has made a direct request on Rajapaksa’s behalf for authorization to establish a temporary residency in Thailand.
The Sri Lankan government has been in contact with Singapore, the Maldives, and now Thailand to make plans for Rajapaksa to temporarily reside in those nations since the former president left Colombo last month for the Maldives.
The sole aircraft that he and his wife were transported on last month, from Colombo to Male, by the Air Force, was paid for using taxpayer money, according to the Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror. He and his son, Manoj Rajapaksa, paid the remaining expenses for the Rajapaksas’ exit from the nation.
Because of the Rajapaksas’ extensive international connections, wealthy companies have been paying for the former President’s accommodations.
