The second coming of Sri Lanka’s Mahinda Rajapaksa

  • Venugopal, Rajesh
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Publication date
November 2018
Publisher
London School of Economics and Political Science
Language
English

Abstract

An extraordinary political crisis was triggered in Sri Lanka on 26 October 2018 when President Maithripala Sirisena stealthy dismissed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe. The stage is now set for a prolonged period of instability. With events moving quickly, Rajesh Venugopal, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Development (LSE) looks at what’s at stake if Mahinda Rajapaksa returns to power

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