Rajapaksas Prevail in Sri Lanka Despite Grave Crises
Why is Gotabaya still in power?
By: Salman Rafi Sheikh
Despite nearly two months of mass protest and opposition demands for Gotabaya Rajapaksa to go amid an economic crisis regarded as primarily due to mismanagement, Sri Lanka’s incumbent president, who won the 2019 presidential elections promising economic and security stability – is still in power.
Mass protests and the subsequent cri…
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