Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the presidency due to national fear, while Maithripala Sirisena was the sitting president in Sri Lanka.
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Updated Jun 21
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What happened
Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the presidency due to national fear, while Maithripala Sirisena was the sitting president in Sri Lanka.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa
President of Sri Lanka from 2019 to 2022
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Sri Lanka
island country in South Asia
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Maithripala Sirisena
President of Sri Lanka from 2015 to 2019
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- Political shifts in Sri Lanka are being driven by public frustration, with Namal Rajapaksa anticipating future prominence.
- President Dissanayake's NPP enjoys a supermajority in Sri Lankan Parliament and clashes with various past political alignments.