BY ALJAZEERA
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa did not start out in life as a politician, unlike his elder brother Mahinda.
Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of the Tamil Tigers to bring an end to the country’s long-running civil war and went on to become president, appears set to be forced from office following months of protests.
After the dramatic storming of the president’s official residence by thousands of protesters on Saturday, the speaker of parliament said in a video statement that Rajapaksa had informed him that he would step down on July 13.
There was no immediate word from Rajapaksa himself.
