Rajapaksas hold Sri Lanka firmly
Overwhelming victory gives tough men a chance to change the constitution and strengthen their power
Aug 7, 2020
IT WAS a complete trouncing. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP – People’s Front of Sri Lanka) of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa won almost two-thirds of the 225 seats in parliament in the general elections on August 5. It cements the return to power of the Rajapaksa family, who…