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'Democracy' at odds with people's concerns in Sri Lanka

Asia focus, Kalinga Seneviratne in Singapore, Published on 12/11/2018

» After Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced the shock decision on Oct 26 to appoint his longtime political foe Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, Western diplomats and the international media expressed outrage at what they perceived as "lack of respect for democratic institutions".