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Daily Financial Times
Daily Financial Times
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa In his address to the nation, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (GR), was reported to have “disowned responsibility for the current crisis” (FT), although according to another source, he accepted responsibility for “his actions” and was determined to take “tough decisions” (TM). Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa (MR) too claimed no responsibility for the crisis. Whether they accepted responsibility or not, the fact remains that in the all-powerful executive presidency created by the 20th Amendment, which reduced the powers of the parliament and turned it into a “post box…