Sri Lanka's new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) has named his older brother and former president Mahinda (L) as prime minister - pictured here in 2019
Al Jazeera: Sri Lanka's new president picks brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as PM
Mahinda, a two-term president himself, likely to be sworn in on Thursday following Ranil Wickremesinghe's resignation.
Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has named his brother, Mahinda, as prime minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers 10 years ago.
Mahinda, a two-term president himself, is due to be sworn in as prime minister on Thursday following the resignation of Ranil Wickremesinghe after his party suffered a humiliating defeat in the weekend's presidential polls.
The Rajapaksa brothers are credited with brutally destroying the Tamil Tigers to end Sri Lanka's 26-year-long civil war, with the security services they controlled accused of war crimes and multiple human rights abuses.
Read more ....
Update #1: New Sri Lankan leader's brother to be sworn in as PM: spokesman (Reuters)
Update #2: A family affair: Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa dynasty (AFP)
WNU Editor: I guess he trusts his brother.
1 comment:
Appoints his brother as PM, something that is very unlikely to happen in the USA.
Post a Comment