President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees Sri Lanka amid public revolt; PM declares emergency

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees Sri Lanka amid public revolt; PM declares emergency

Sri Lanka''s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday fled to the Maldives on a military jet, hours before he was supposed to step down in the face of a public revolt against him and his family for mishandling the economy that has bankrupted the country.