2022 Sri Lankan Riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests The 2022 Sri Lankan protests are a series of ongoing ...against the government of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accused of mismanaging the economy and producing an economic crisis with severe inflation, daily blackouts, a shortage of fuel and essential items. The government in turn used authoritarian methods, imposing curfews, restricting social media such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Viber and YouTube, assaulting protesters and journalists, and arresting online activists. The social media block backfired as the heavy use of VPNs by Sri Lankans Jive Turkeys - On 3 April 2022, all 26 members of the Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet with the exception of Prime Minister Rajapaksa resigned en masse. However, critics noted that the resignation was not valid as they did not follow the constitutional protocol and thus deemed it a "sham,"[15][16][17] and several were reinstated in different ministries the next day. With brothers Basil Rajapaksa as finance minister and Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, the sense of nepotism and mismanagement deepened among critics.[25] While members of the Rajapaksa family have been charged with corruption locally, authorities have failed to prove these charges in court. In 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Pandora Papers, which named Nirupama Rajapaksa who had used offshore shell companies and trusts to secretly stash the family's wealth around the world. In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Chitran Wickramasuriya, cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.[26][27] Government supporters and allies also began to blame the economic crisis on Basil Rajapaksa who gained a reputation as "Mr. Ten Percent" due to his alleged commission from government contracts[28][29] and, despite being the finance minister, did not attend parliament sessions during the economic crisis.[30] Udaya Gammanpila, the leader of government-aligned Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, claimed that the party has no intention of reelecting a Rajapaksa, describing it as the end of the nepotism that has plagued Sri Lankan politics.[31] This all sounds so familiar, lol. Mr 10% for the 'Big Guy'. "Hey Joe, where you goin' with that graft in your hand?" Jimi Hendrix Good Times! Invigorating!
QUOTE="easymon1, post: 5575921, member: 82119"]2022 Sri Lankan Riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests The 2022 Sri Lankan protests are a series of ongoing ...against the government of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accused of mismanaging the economy and producing an economic crisis with severe inflation, daily blackouts, a shortage of fuel and essential items. The government in turn used authoritarian methods, imposing curfews, restricting social media such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Viber and YouTube, assaulting protesters and journalists, and arresting online activists. The social media block backfired as the heavy use of VPNs by Sri Lankans Jive Turkeys - On 3 April 2022, all 26 members of the Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet with the exception of Prime Minister Rajapaksa resigned en masse. However, critics noted that the resignation was not valid as they did not follow the constitutional protocol and thus deemed it a "sham,"[15][16][17] and several were reinstated in different ministries the next day. With brothers Basil Rajapaksa as finance minister and Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, the sense of nepotism and mismanagement deepened among critics.[25] While members of the Rajapaksa family have been charged with corruption locally, authorities have failed to prove these charges in court. In 2021, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Pandora Papers, which named Nirupama Rajapaksa who had used offshore shell companies and trusts to secretly stash the family's wealth around the world. In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Chitran Wickramasuriya, cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.[26][27] Government supporters and allies also began to blame the economic crisis on Basil Rajapaksa who gained a reputation as "Mr. Ten Percent" due to his alleged commission from government contracts[28][29] and, despite being the finance minister, did not attend parliament sessions during the economic crisis.[30] Udaya Gammanpila, the leader of government-aligned Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, claimed that the party has no intention of reelecting a Rajapaksa, describing it as the end of the nepotism that has plagued Sri Lankan politics.[31] This all sounds so familiar, lol. Mr 10% for the 'Big Guy'. "Hey Joe, where you goin' with that graft in your hand?" Jimi Hendrix Good Times! Invigorating![/QUOTE]