The Sri Lanka government declared the national emergency after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the island nation to Maldives.

The Prime Minister, as the presidential right, has issued a national emergency situation and applied a curfew in the Western province, Dinouk Colombage, a spokesman for Prime Minister Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe, said today.

Sri Lanka police confirmed that he was imposing indefinitely curfew with the Western province, including the capital of Colombo, to control the status of protests that tend to increase.

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The emergency situation was issued in the context of the Sri Lanka Air Force confirmed that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the island nation on a military plane to come to the Maldives this morning.

Reuters quoted a senior source in the united national Party (UNP) in power to say that the key officials of the Party supported Prime Minister Wickremesinghe as the candidate replacing President Rajapaksa, but no decision was made.

Mr. Wickremesinghe has also announced his resignation to pave the way to establish a solidarity, but have not set time.

After information about President Rajapaksa's flight was confirmed, thousands of people were gathered in the main protest areas in the capital Colombo, Gota, Gota stealing, mentioning nicknames.

Sri Lanka people in a protest demanding the President and the Prime Minister resigned in the capital of Colombo on July 9.

Hundreds of others rushed into the Prime Minister's office, asking Mr. Wickremesinghe to resign immediately.

Sri Lanka National Assembly Chairman can receive a letter for Rajapaksa's resignation on July 13, according to a UNP senior official.

The Sri Lanka Air Force said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife went to the force of the force this morning to come to the Maldives.

Sri Lanka left the country with a military plane and went to the Maldives this morning, a few days after the protesters rushed into his mansion.