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The Duel
A leader hailed as a King; a family occupying the state; a regime suppressing its political opponents under cover of national security; a country at war with itself, divided along patriot vs. anti-patriot lines; a society intoxicated with triumphalism to the point of amorality; a gargantuan defence budget; spy units run by the Presidential Secretariat under the guise of countering corruption; hundreds of thousands of civilians extra-legally incarcerated in internment camps for three years; minority parties banned… This was the Sri Lanka the Rajapaksas aimed to create, post-war. If this project of radically reshaping Sri Lanka is in abeyance today, it is not because the Rajapaksas have abandoned their Shangri La, but because of a fortuitous confluence of factors, a lacerating split in the ruling bloc foremost among them.
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A leader hailed as a King; a family occupying the state; a regime suppressing its political opponents under cover of national security; a country at war with itself, divided along patriot vs. anti-patriot lines; a society intoxicated with triumphalism to the point of amorality; a gargantuan defence budget; spy units run by the Presidential Secretariat under the guise of countering corruption; hundreds of thousands of civilians extra-legally incarcerated in internment camps for three years; minority parties banned… This was the Sri Lanka the Rajapaksas aimed to create, post-war. If this project of radically reshaping Sri Lanka is in abeyance today, it is not because the Rajapaksas have abandoned their Shangri La, but because of a fortuitous confluence of factors, a lacerating split in the ruling bloc foremost among them.
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