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Rajapaksa Dynasty’s End Likely Not a New Beginning

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Rajapaksa Dynasty’s End Likely Not a New Beginning

Same old crowd still in control

Jul 25, 2022
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Rajapaksa Dynasty’s End Likely Not a New Beginning

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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…

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