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Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is accused of implementing multiple failed policies including tax cuts.
He was driven to a state bungalow in a heavily-guarded motorcade on Friday.
Speaker Abeywardena said President Rajapaksa has telephoned him to confirm that he would be sending his resignation today as pledged.
The 73-year-old Sri Lankan President fled the country along with his wife and two security officers on a military jet on Wednesday.
The Immigration and Emigration Officers Association said its members declined to serve Basil Rajapaksa at the VIP departure lounge of the Colombo airport.
Rajapaksa, 73, is yet to resign formally and his whereabouts are also not yet known.
Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has claimed the President has told him so.
Amid the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka over its worst-ever economic crisis, the PM has decided to step down to facilitate an all-party government.
The Fort Magistrate's Court barred them from traveling overseas due to the investigations taking place on the attacks on the GotaGoGama and MynaGoGama peaceful protest sites on Monday.
Army continues to march on the streets of Colombo as Sri Lanka goes through its worst economic crisis ever.
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