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Sri Lanka's Former PM Returns to Help Address Crisis

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    MAY 2022
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    story last updated JAN 2023

    The Spin

    Narrative A

    Sri Lankans are suffering the effects of terrible mismanagement on the part of the Rajapaksa clan and its allies. Instead of addressing the ongoing economic crisis, they've focused on retaining power at any expense, which has lead to bloodshed on top of deprivation.

    NPR Online News

    Narrative B

    Mahinda Rajapaksa was a beloved figure who has devoted his entire adult life to public service; he just wasn't equipped to handle Sri Lanka's unprecedented economic crisis. With his resigation, Pres. Gotabaya Rajapaksa can bring new blood into his admin. in the form of Wickremesinghe to solve the crisis.

    The Times of India

    Cynical narrative

    Wickremesinghe is not the band-aid that Pres. Gotabaya Rajapaksa thinks he will be. Sri Lankans see him as just another connected and corrupt career politician being brought in to replace Mahinda without challenging Rajapaksa's control. The move will not quell the anger of anti-government protestors.

    Washington Post

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