The Real Test Is Not Hatred Of The Rajapaksas
Anyone can hate the Rajapaksas now. That is easy. The real test is whether Sri Lanka can build a system where the next Rajapaksa cannot grow so easily. That means institutions. That means procurement rules. That means asset declarations. That means independent investigations. That means courts that move. That means state media that does not behave like a house servant. That means police that do not bend for party colour. That means no sacred families, no sacred parties, no sacred robes, no sacred uniforms, no sacred revolutionaries. That is the test. Not whether one family is punished. Whether the conditions that produced that family are dismantled. If the NPP only prosecutes the past but leaves the machinery ready for future abuse, then the country has not changed. It has only changed the names on the doors.
