{"id":95511,"date":"2022-07-13T07:57:58","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=95511"},"modified":"2022-07-13T07:57:58","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T07:57:58","slug":"sri-lanka-crowd-breaks-rajapaksa-grip-on-power-by-anbarasan-ethirajan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/sri-lanka-crowd-breaks-rajapaksa-grip-on-power-by-anbarasan-ethirajan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka crowd breaks Rajapaksa grip on power-By Anbarasan Ethirajan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lanka crowd breaks Rajapaksa grip on power-<span style=\"color: #800080;\">By Anbarasan Ethirajan<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-95512\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sri-Lanka-crowd-600x340.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Lanka crowd\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-vk3nhx-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\"><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Thousands stormed the presidential residence in Colombo<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #800080;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-62108832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">These are extraordinary times for Sri Lanka &#8211; after a day of fury and violence, the country&#8217;s two senior leaders have agreed to step down.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The news triggered jubilation at the main protest site in Colombo. Firecrackers were set off in many parts of the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I am at the Galle Face protest site &#8211; many protesters have started returning home, thousands are still present. Some have been singing and playing musical instruments, celebrating.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">What a turnaround of events. A few days ago a photo of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe smiling in parliament was widely shared on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Many vented their anger, saying the two men appeared to be happy while millions were struggling to eat three meals a day. But a week is a long time in politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">President Rajapaksa&#8217;s resignation has been the main demand of the protesters during months of unrest, as inflation surges and the authorities struggle to import food, fuel and medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka is facing a crippling foreign currency shortage and has asked the International Monetary Fund for an emergency loan.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-95513\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Sri-Lanka-crowd-1-600x376.jpg\" alt=\"Sri Lanka crowd\" width=\"600\" height=\"376\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\"><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Security forces fired water cannon and tear gas in an effort to disperse the crowd<\/span><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I have seen President Rajapaksa at the peak of his power. He was a ruthless and much-feared man. No-one, including journalists, would want to be on the receiving end of his angry outbursts.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Many of the staunchest critics of the regime were either severely beaten or even disappeared, though the Rajapaksas &#8211; the president and his brother, former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa &#8211; always denied any links to the violence or disappearances.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Now President Rajapaksa fleeing his official home for safety is dramatic &#8211; unthinkable a few months ago. The man had the support of the majority Sinhala Buddhist community, after leading the military to crush the separatist Tamil Tigers in 2009.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The Rajapaksa brothers were then celebrated as war heroes. In a dramatic twist, now they face the ignominy of being overthrown by the same people who brought them to power.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i810\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><span class=\"ssrcss-1h36ni-Placeholder e16icw910\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ssrcss-evoj7m-Image ee0ct7c0\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg 320w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg 480w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/14B8A\/production\/_125847848_b85dd901-8701-44e0-8c81-5affbc28199f.jpg 976w\" alt=\"Protesters storming Temple Trees, Colombo, 9 Jul 22\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/span><\/div><figcaption class=\"ssrcss-1mget3o-StyledFigureCaption e34k3c22\"><span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e1y6uwnp0\">Image caption,<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-y7krbn-Stack e1y4nx260\">Protesters got onto the roof of Temple Trees, the prime minister&#8217;s official residence<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i86\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-7uxr49-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka crowd breaks Rajapaksa grip on power-By Anbarasan Ethirajan Thousands stormed the presidential residence in Colombo Source:BBC These are extraordinary times for Sri Lanka &#8211; after a day of fury and violence, the country&#8217;s two senior leaders have agreed to step down. 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