Suresh Kochattil It was a moment that was waiting to happen and when it came, there was a sense of finality. The only issue is that news of Gotabaya Rajapaksa fleeing to safety only accentuates the problem that Sri Lanka is confronted with.The visuals of the crowds ransacking the Presidential Palace is reminiscent of visuals that we saw earlier in Iraq and Libya. But, it was not expected in a nation like Sri Lanka which was a democracy with a stable political system. Though ravaged by decades long conflict with LTTE, Sri Lanka finally managed to break the vicious cycle…
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