Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fails to resign by promised deadline

Sri Lankans woke up to confusion on Thursday, still waiting for their president to resign after he fled the country (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Sri Lankans woke up to confusion on Thursday after their president did not deliver on his vow to resign by Wednesday evening.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife fled to the Maldives on Wednesday aboard an air force jet. He made the prime minister acting president in his absence.