Titled ‘The Conspiracy to oust me from the Presidency,’ Rajapaksa’s book was out for sale starting Thursday but there was no official book launch
Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa ended a long silence over his ouster Thursday by releasing a book claiming that “geopolitical rivalry” between China and other countries was responsible for his downfall.
Titled ‘The Conspiracy to oust me from the Presidency,’ Rajapaksa’s book was out for sale starting Thursday but there was no official book launch.
Is it India?
What the book says: “There was, in fact, a major foreign power that was insisting that I should not resign and they had demonstrated their willingness to do whatever it takes to keep Sri Lanka with essentials.”
The context: Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation and fleeing away from the country to the Maldives in mid-July 2022 came after India had extended a credit line with assistance worth USD 4 billion when Sri Lanka’s economy went bankrupt with long queues for essentials and fuel for four months preceding this development.
Is it the US?
What the book says: “Chinese funded infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka after 2006 brought in an element of geopolitical rivalry … It would be extremely naive for anyone to claim that there was no foreign hand in the moves made to oust me from power.”
The context: The US had warned Sri Lanka about the risks of falling into a debt trap because of the infrastructure deals it had signed with China. He did not name any country but sentences such as “Some countries like to portray themselves as the guardians of democracy and the rule of the law world over” make it obvious to which Western nation he is pointing fingers at.
Source: First Post
