Rajapaksa Dynasty’s End Likely Not a New Beginning

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

The humiliating exit of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was forced to flee the country, is only the first step if the nation wishes to rid itself of his ubiquitous family. His replacement, President Ranil Wickramasinghe, owes his position entirely to the support of the Rajapaksas’ party the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna…