In an utterly unexpected election outcome, the people of Sri Lanka have decisively rejected incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa, electing in his place a former associate of the former president, Maithripala Sirisena, who had accused Rajapaksa of corruption and nepotism, and of wanting to establish a dictatorship. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Rajapaksa had installed relatives in some of the most sensitive posts, including his younger brother Gotabhaya as defence minister….
