Sri Lankan protesters occupying the entrance and surroundings of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa 's office welcomed the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year outside the presidential secretariat.
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The war ended in 2009, but corruption and authoritarianism have reached new heights under the rule of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa from 2005 to 2015, and his brother President Gotabaya Rajapaksa elected in 2019.Yet while Sri Lankas backsliding democracy stands out, so too does the resilience of its civilians.Most Sri Lankans may reject pluralism and justify the prevailing majoritarian milieu, but they make abundantly clear they value the right to protest and vote.