By the time the crowd arrived home, the prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, had offered to resign and form an all-party government to deal with the crisis engulfing the country. Shortly afterwards, the Speaker of Parliament, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, reported that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had informed him that he would resign on Wednesday. “I urge everyone for the sake of the country to maintain peace to enable a smooth transition,” Abeywardena said. Protesters stormed the Sri Lankan president’s residence The president’s whereabouts remained a mystery amid speculation he was trying to flee abroad. According
