15 Jul 2022

Sri Lankan expat on unrest back home

From Morning Report, 7:50 am on 15 July 2022

After days of confusion and anger on the streets, Sri Lanka's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has finally submitted his resignation letter. 

Celebrations broke out across the capital Colombo just moments after the parliamentary speaker's office confirmed the letter had been delivered to its High Commissioner in Singapore. 

The embattled leader who earlier this week fled to the Maldives is now in Singapore.

The legality of that letter still needs to be verified, and a formal announcement will hopefully take place tomorrow.

Sanjana Hattotuwa is a Sri Lankan who's been living in New Zealand since 2018 - he's also an expert in social media, activism, and disinformation.

He spoke to Susie Ferguson.