Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign as president of Sri Lanka to make way for a unity government, after thousands of protesters stormed his and the prime minister's official residences on Saturday demanding their ouster. The Rajapaksa family has dominated the politics of the country of 22 million for years and most Sri Lankans have blamed them for their current misery. For more analysis on Sri Lanka's worst crisis since independence, FRANCE 24 is joined by Jonathan Spencer, Regius Professor of South Asian Language, Culture and Society at the University of Edinburgh. Professor Spencer asserts that "it's completely bizarre what is going on at the moment." The whereabouts of the president are unclear and "there's a lot of skepticism about his intentions and whether he really will step down."
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