Mob rule and the ‘Hambantota Doctrine’
Thursday 24th April 2014
- Marauding saffron armies and increasingly unruly pro-Government mobs are casting long shadows on Sri Lanka’s future
Hambantota is Rajapaksa country. The rest of Sri Lanka may be in the vice grip of a raging personality cult, but the southern district is a ruling family fiefdom. The Hambantota District is home to Medamulana in the Beliatta Polling Division, President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s ancestral village and the seat of his power.