Celebrations broke out at protest sites in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on July 14, 2022, after demonstrators learned that Gotabaya Rajapaksa was resigning as president. Activists who had called for the president and prime minister to resign for mismanagement of the nation’s economy danced and sang, and demonstrator Damitha Abeyrathne described Rajapaksa’s departure as a “big victory”. The president submitted his resignation by email in a move that would become official on July 15. He fled to…