Sri Lanka is bankrupt and protestors blame the current economic crisis on just one family.

For the past 20 years the Rajapaksas have been in power, they’ve been accused of financial mismanagement at best and siphoning millions of public funds at worst. But they have never been convicted of any crimes.

At the time of publishing, Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the president of Sri Lanka. former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had fled to Singapore. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka has imposed an overseas travel ban on his brothers, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa.

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