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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by thematrixturtle on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @10:32PM (#32078415)
The immediate problem is that the entire legal order of succession (PM, president, Speaker etc) are Rajapaksa cronies who are busily getting the hell out of Dodge^W Colombo, so it's not at all sure who is going to form or lead the next government.

There are also a lot of unresolved tensions left over from the vicious civil war that devastated the island for decades, so it's sadly possible that things take a turn for the worse.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by manquer on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:39AM (#32079089)
not just cronies, relatives , even the Speaker is family member.
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by lumost on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @04:51AM (#32080331)
Are there any neighboring countries which could reasonably assist in establishing a new government?
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by thematrixturtle on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @05:16AM (#32080460)
India, but the two countries have a very complicated and touchy relationship. Sri Lanka's Tamil minority, including the Tamil Tigers, was heavily supported by Tamils in India. However, Tamil Nadu (the Indian state) itself has a fractious relationship and the Tigers repaid India's attempt to send in peacekeepers by assassinating Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi.
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by throaghan on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @12:18PM (#32084782)
Minor correction - Gandhi wasn’t assassinated for sending in peacekeepers. It was for sending in and leaving unchecked a notoriously brutal “peacekeeping” force who terrorized the people they were there to protect: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Peace_Keeping_Force#War...

Quite justified in my opinion.

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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by pjc50 on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:03AM (#32080695)
You mean carry out a coup and/or invade?
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Re:Sri Lanka is having a textbook currency crisis, triggered... by lumost on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @06:14AM (#32080750)
No, when a government collapses it is not uncommon for a neighboring country to provide structural assistance in establishing a new government.

This only really works with a UN declaration/international support. Having historically friendly ties makes this a better proposition.

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