People are understandably impatient about the resignation letter. This is a bit of an explainer on why it’s taking so long.

Gotabaya knows he needs head of state treatment and immunity to get to wherever he’s going. Losing this means he’s an ordinary criminal on the run. In that journey, unless facilitated through private carriers, he will have to face the ire of the citizens of the world.

Even in choosing his final destination/safe haven, he will need guarantees of non-prosecution in their domestic legal systems (if such laws exist),

Flower road right now.

Since the announcement that there are no confirmed petrol shipments till at least the 3rd week of July, the govt. hasn’t announced anything about how people are supposed to survive in the interim. No official communication on tokens, who is eligible as essential workers, etc. For weeks and months, people have been helping each other out with information on WhatsApp groups and Facebook pages, since there’s no efficient, reliable information made available by the govt.

I have more than a few points on which I disagree with DJ on his latest column. I'll try to elaborate, but I don't want to be dragged into a lengthy back and forth over this.

1) At this political moment, Sri Lanka has indeed exhausted all domestic remedies, IMO. The 20th Amendment was probably the last straw, dismantling the less politicised (short of depoliticised) appointment process to key independent commissions, senior judiciary, AG, IGP etc. brought in by the 19A's Constitutional Council.