Sri Lanka election: will the country see a return to strongman politics?
- Written by Niro Kandasamy, Tutor, University of Melbourne
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the frontrunner in Sri Lanka's presidential election, faces a lawsuit in the US for alleged extrajudicial killing and torture.M.A. Pushpa Kumara/EPA
Sri Lanka’s presidential election on Saturday comes at a critical time for the country. The government has been in turmoil since President Maithripala Sirisena sacked the...
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