Who is to blame for Sri Lanka’s crises?

In 2022, the parliament appointed veteran politician and six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the replacement after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid widespread protests and a crisis in the economy.

Wickremesinghe was in charge of the country’s largest bailout, but his critics claim he was a member of a clique that prevented the fundamental changes protesters demanded and turned a blind eye to war crimes and corruption.

Mehdi Hasan and Wickremesinghe discuss how violently they responded to protests, how they handled the 2019 Easter bombings, and how they succeeded in holding the powerful Rajapaksa family accountable.

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