Sri Lanka’s elections two dark years after the revolution

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Sri Lanka’s elections two dark years after the revolution

Two years ago, the world bore witness to extraordinary events in Sri Lanka. On 9 July 2022, the Sri Lankan masses swept aside the heavy cordon of police outside the presidential palace as if it was little more than a cobweb. To the astonishment of the world, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had to flee in a panic. This summer, those marvellous images have circulated repeatedly on social media. They were invoked first by young Kenyans who stormed the parliamen…