Tag: Gotabaya Rajapaksa
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Why Sri Lanka needs a People’s Council
The legal community, most of them, accepted the Aragalaya and stood by it when the police began the current suppression.
August 26, 2022 -
Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on Aug 24
"Gotabaya should return to the country and people will welcome him but he would not continue in politics as he is not suitable," Weeratunga, who was critical of the role of Gotabaya as a President, told media.
August 17, 2022 -
Truncated Presidency
The ousted President holds a diplomatic passport that allows him entry into Thailand for 90 days.
August 13, 2022 -
Repression won’t work in Sri Lanka
It is essential that it does or else the hope of political stability and getting out of the economic pit will prove to be elusive.
August 3, 2022 -
Criminal complaint filed against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore for ‘war crimes’
The legal complaint states that Gotabaya Rajapaksa committed violations of international humanitarian law and international criminal law during the civil war in Sri Lanka.
July 25, 2022 -
Lanka’s template
Downside risks about which the IMF had previously warned have now materialized” Ms Georgiva said this to a meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank Governors in Indonesia.
July 22, 2022 -
Three-way fight for Lanka presidency
The winner will take charge of a bankrupt nation that is in talks with the IMF for a bailout, with its 22 million people enduring severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines.
July 20, 2022 -
How can Wickremesinghe be President?
It certainly provided for filling the vacuum left by a departing President during his term but didn’t foresee the eccentricities of such a President who would appoint as PM a person rejected by the people.
July 19, 2022 -
Centre to hold all-party meeting over Sri Lankan crisis today
Sri Lanka is facing an economic and political crisis with inflation and severe shortage of fuel and other essential supplies.
July 19, 2022 -
The death of democracy caused Sri Lanka disaster
Thousands of miles away from the theatre of war, Sri Lanka felt the heat. Food, fuel, fertilizers and everything else needed for decent living are getting too expensive for the common man.
July 18, 2022 -
Ensure peaceful and constitutional transfer of power in Sri Lanka: UN
The UN mission in Sri Lanka has urged senior politicians to ensure a peaceful transfer of power in line with the national Constitution.
July 16, 2022 -
Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation as Sri Lankan President accepted
Addressing the presser, Abeywardena said that from July 14, the President has legally resigned from his legal duties and responsibilities.
July 15, 2022 -
Maldives granted diplomatic clearance for transit visit to aircraft carrying Gotabaya Rajapaksa: MFA
President Rajapaksa left for Singapore on 14 July 2022 and arrived in Singapore on board a Saudia Airlines Flight on Thursday evening.
July 15, 2022 -
Why Maldives became a natural choice for Gotabaya to flee
Gotabaya went into hiding after being forced to abandon the Presidential house following countrywide protests holding Rajapaksa government responsible for ongoing economic crises in the country.
July 14, 2022 -
India denies facilitating travel of Gotabaya Rajapaksa out of Sri Lanka
In a statement, the Sri Lankan Air Force also said that the move was done under the executive powers vested with the president.
July 13, 2022 -
Sri Lankan President lands at Maldives Int’l airport
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives early Wednesday, Xinhua reported citing the Maldivian media.
July 13, 2022 -
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign, PM confirms
Thousands of demonstrators surrounded the President's House in Fort on Saturday, leading to Rajapaksa's resignation.
July 11, 2022