Saravanan's Blog

URL:  https://www.tamilguardian.com/content/tg-view-take-him-hague Amidst a whirlwind week in Sri Lankan politics, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned as the country’s president. Following an aborted attempt to flee the island earlier this week, he is currently sheltering in Singapore, with rumours he may travel onwards to the Middle East. Whilst firecrackers were let off in Colombo to celebrate Rajapaksa’s resignation, he must not, however, be allowed to leave office without facing any consequences. The former defence secretary should be taken and tried at The Hague over his command responsibility for war crimes and genocide. Rajapaksa has suffered a remarkable turnaround in popularity in recent months, less than 3 years after he won a commanding Sinhala majority at the ballot boxes. The South have only very recently grown frustrated with their once beloved leader for his role in Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in recent history. Protests erupted across his former Sinhala heartland ...