Sri Lankan politicians, especially Presidents and family members, have acted with increasing impunity from 1978, when the Executive Presidency was introduced by the late President J. R. Jayewardene. But it was the Rajapaksas that turned impunity into a way of governance. Between 2005 and 2015 and again between 2019 and 2022, the Rajapaksas concentrated political, military, economic and administrative power within the extended family. Simultaneou…
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