Rupavahini stalls transmission after crowds tried to storm the studios.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is likely to move to a Middle-Eastern country after spending a few days on a private island in the Maldives.
The Maldivian government has provided enhanced security to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following his arrival in the Maldives.
In the meantime, President Rajapksa was trying to work out his final destination through diplomatic channels.
An air force aircraft carrying four people, including President Gotabaya Rajapksa, left for the Maldives in the wee hours of Sunday from the Katunayake Air force base and was denied landing rights at the Velana Air Force Base in the Maldives. However, Speaker and the former President of the Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has requested the authorities allow the aircraft carrying the Presidential party to land at the Velana airport.
Besides, the US has turned down an initial request by President Rajapaksa to the United States authorities to obtain a visa to enter the United States.
His destination after a Middle-Eat country is not known. The resignation will only be effective once the President reaches his final destination, and until such time the President has appointed Prime Minister as the acting President.
Authorities also stopped transmission of the Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation after the revolting crowds gathered near the SLRC transmission station in Colombo.
President Gotabaya Rajapksa appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President.
