Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country during protests in July. Now the former President of Sri Lanka has returned home. The successor advises against.
The show never sleeps. A protester holds a Sri Lankan flag as he sleeps on the steps of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo in July.
(Reuters) Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing amid mass protests in July. Local broadcaster Newsfirst reported on Wednesday, citing Udayanga Weeratunga, Rajapaksa’s relative and former governor.