An Analysis of the Pandora Papers and the Claims of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) as well as the Anonymous Hacker Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Present Crisis in Sri Lanka: 2022
\u2022 Sri Lankans revolted when the Sri Lankan economy defaulted in May 2022 for the first
time leading to severe fuel shortages, power-cuts etc.
\u2022 It was entirely blamed on the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
and other Rajapaksa family members (yes, there was evident nepotism!)
\u2022 Powerful media and social media campaigns developed against the Rajapakasa brothers
and provoked people
\u2022 Robbing the nation and sending their ill-gotten money to overseas tax havens was the
main allegation against the Rajapaksas. This was pointed as the main reason for the
economic collapse.
\u2022 This allegation was almost entirely based on two lines of evidence: the International
Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) who implicated the ruling Rajapaksa family
in the Pandora papers\u201d and the Anonymous Hacker group that released details of the
wealth of the Rajapaksas.<\/strong>
\u2022 However, is this allegation of embezzlement to the point of country\u2019s economic
collapse true? Or is this a regime-change to oust the nationalist Rajapaksas by the West
as some analysts claim? <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n