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Patriarch of the strong group faulted for the island's most terrible financial emergency won't get away from like his sibling President Gotabaya Rajapaksa did, says assistant.
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Sri Lanka's ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa stands by to be confirmed as the top state leader at Kelaniya Royal Buddhist Temple in Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka - The one who made ready for the Rajapaksa line's predominance over Sri Lankan governmental issues for more than twenty years has no prompt intends to escape the nation, as per a top helper.
Previous President and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, heads the Rajapaksa family that most Sri Lankans fault for the nation's most awful monetary emergency in many years that has set off the continuous turmoil in the island country.
Mahinda's more youthful sibling, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, disappeared to the Maldives on Wednesday after a huge number of dissidents raged his home the week before.
He supposedly traveled to Singapore in a Saudi plane on Thursday as the country anticipated his renunciation.
Another sibling and previous money serve, Basil Rajapaksa, additionally attempted to leave the emergency hit country however was halted at the air terminal by the migration specialists.
Be that as it may, a top helper of Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday said the previous strongman and patriarch of the Rajapaksa tradition has no such plans. Mahinda's oldest child, previous pastor Namal, has additionally openly expressed that he wouldn't leave the country.
"The two of them have obviously said they wouldn't leave Sri Lanka," the assistant who wished to stay unknown told Al Jazeera.
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Mahinda's helper likewise demonstrated that there was a break among him and Gotabaya, the tactical official turned-president who escaped.
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"It was a direct result of him [Mahinda] that Gotabaya came to control, yet when chosen, the head of the state was sidelined by his own sibling," the helper told Al Jazeera.
"As late as possible, Gotabaya Rajapaksa didn't have any idea how to oversee yet he never paid attention to Mahinda's recommendation."
Talking on a web-based entertainment stage in May, Gotabaya's cousin Udayanga Weeratunga likewise said the president never talked with the state head while deciding.
Weeratunga portrayed Gotabaya as a man "with a tactical outlook who just grasps military approach to managing things".
Sri Lankan media have revealed that Mahinda was hesitant to choose Gotabaya as the official competitor in the 2019 races.
A Bloomberg report this week said Namal is being prepared by Mahinda to be a future chief and convey forward the family's heritage in legislative issues.
Dissenters reject helper's cases
Be that as it may, Sri Lanka's dissidents decried the remarks made by Mahinda Rajapaksa's helper, portraying it as one more endeavor by the Rajapaksa "cartel" to return to control.
Vimukthi Dushantha, an individual from the Black Cap Movement drove by youthful dissidents, said "accusing another person" has been a system of the Rajapaksa family during a misfortune.
"Rajapaksas are a family that drank blood from the Sri Lankan culture like parasites for quite a long time," he told Al Jazeera. "They generally accused another person when they were in a tough situation."
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