Members of the Socialist Youth Union, dressed as Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brothers Basil and Mahinda, protest against the country’s worst economic crisis. Photo: AP
Meet Sri Lanka’s all-powerful Rajapaksa family, under fire amid country’s worst economic crisis
- Late Thursday hundreds of people tried to storm the home of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the current president and one of four politically active brothers
- The clan, which has held sway over the nation’s politics for decades, has been mired in controversy and corruption
Members of the Socialist Youth Union, dressed as Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brothers Basil and Mahinda, protest against the country’s worst economic crisis. Photo: AP
