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Aug 1, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Slowly but surely, while President Ranil Wickremesinghe "stabilises" the economy, the crowds at Namal Rajapaksa's SLPP rallies have been increasing. #SriLanka #lka #aragalaya 1/4
Namal and his PR team have been working hard over the past year to distance the Namal brand from Ranil and Gotabaya. He criticises GR's organic agriculture & RW's asset divestiture to pretend to voters that he was never in favour of these policies, despite being in govt. 2/4
May 13, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Hope the rumours about Mahinda Rajapaksa becoming PM are true. No politician captures the essence of #SriLanka's rotten political culture quite like Ranil and MR. Having them together as President and PM would help make sense of the past 20 years of #SriLankan politics. #lka 1/
MR became President of this nation twice without any significant academic qualifications, exceptional intelligence or in-depth knowledge on important matters. His recipe for success is simply his unmatched charisma, his talent for maintaining political friendships, and.. 2/