Talk:Mahinda Rajapaksa/Archive 1

Neutrality
This article is becoming against the pereson in question, see its recent history.--Happyhaydn 13:43, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

This article is being used a proproganda in support of Rajapaksa and is factually incorrect. The most apprent is the continued insistence of Rajapaksa's pro-peace stance and the removal of any critisism of Rajapaksa and his current governemt. Gtjlaw 05:54, 25 May 2007 (UTC)Gtjlaw

Moving
I moved Mahinda Rajapakse to Mahinda Rajapaksa because that's how his official website refers to him. see http://www.primeminister.gov.lk/. Greenleaf 07:05, 29 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Has he changed his name or its transliteration? There is still 10 times more hits in google for Rajapakse than Rajapaksa... aegis maelstrom δ 00:21, 23 November 2005 (UTC)
 * No, his family uses Rajapaksa. There are Rajapakse's who are not connected to Rajapaksa's.

Kadirgamar WAS a Member of Parliament. 220.247.240.241 14:25, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

test jbhv 68.162.208.246 22:28, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Is he president AND prime minister at the moment? Adam 01:29, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Acting career?
It is surprising to see that nothing is available in the article about his acting career. I am just mentioning the fact and a ref in the article, with the hope that it would be expanded later. --Gurubrahma 17:20, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

testing 123sas! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.152.124.0 (talk) 00:25, 23 November 2009 (UTC)

Added reference and removed POV tag
Shortened the paragraph about the alledged diverted fund, added a BBC link and thus removed the POV tag - should be more balanced now I believe. Ulflarsen 14:34, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Human Rights abuses
The article should not start with this section. Even Hitler's article doesn't start with the Holocaust! Should start with a bio, history in government, etc., then these abuses. Starting with this is clearly biases the article.

I have moved the abuses section to the end as has been suggested.

Trincomanb 11:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

He is of Karave caste ?
User Supermod (1. He is from the GOVI caste. And caste is not important in this world, may be except for tamils. 2. Human rights? He has to defend the country as the president from the terrorists. Discuss on talk p) The above comment is propagandist very least and racist if not. Caste is of very important factor is Sri lankan politics. The Politics of New Sinhalese of South Indian origin versus traditional Sinhalese has been commented upon by sociologists who study Sri Lanka. Because his last name is that of Soldiers of ertswhile kingdoms shared by many coastal New Sinhalese from South India who are very active in Sinhala nationalistic politics as observed216.95.23.114 03:48, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

He is of the Karawe caste and should be proud of it. He is the saviour of low caste people. We want him for that. Mahinda Rajapakse is from the karave caste.
 * Who said so? He is from the southern part of Sri Lanka. His family has owned most of lands in the area. He is from the Govi caste.

Regarding srilankan ethnic strife

This is after reference to the book “Declining srilanka: a legacy of jayawardene regime: Cambridge ,2007”. While I do agree that you have tried to present a satisfactory picture of the current scenario and also stepped in with a good call against authoritarianism and partisanship, that destabilized your nation few decades ago, I would also like to make a few observations on what I see are not correct assertions.

First of all it is absolutely incorrect and unrealistic to give a 2000-2500 year history for the current ethnic strife in Lanka. It would be an exercise in pure futility to saddle up in entirety the perceptions, views, moralities and attitudes of current civilizations on those that existed then. Surely they were different people in many aspects and it was a different era. Even in your book you have agreed that a good number of those who claim to be Sinhalese now had actually been lat 16th century immigrants from southern as well as other parts of India. Those mercantile colonizations were mainly sponsored by the upper deccan plateau based vijayanagar dynasty of 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries(not to say the big horde that came down following its decline). Needless to say, many midgetty and petty rulers from Orissa etc may have participated in the colonization that took place in what could be regarded as the dark age of India. A large and certainly majority of those who speak tamil for native language nowadays have also come down from deccan and settled during those days certainly not as great conqueror but as infiltrant and landgrabbing colonists. So it is not correct in manner to consider the late medieval era bogey to be identical with the ones of illustrious chola/pallava times. Even by the virtue of religious practices which mattered not that much, they differed from the ones of chola/pallava era. For example the ones during that era had incorporated practices like proselytization and mercantile religious processions, which were totally foreign to the ancient vedic system. In many cases the members of different strata were encouraged to wear sacred thread and become priests and performers of sacrificial rites and also made members of gotras ( lineages) previously ordained to the members of brahmin caste. This has created a lot of confusion. Also some important temples in south now were actually buddist/jain sites which were converted to vedic shrines with the help and suggestion of buddist/jain patrons of those shrines.

Looking at events and things from a partisan standpoint( of say language, religion, region,etc) etc can lead to colossal mistakes being made as your typecasting people irrespective of origin, and time and character into one. Where as it is certainly possible to say that this approach is not correct, not accounting for the time factor may lead to serious mistakes. A 2000 year timeframe for a dispute of this nature is a sell out. Giving it a 100-150 years time may be optimistic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.192.187 (talk) 13:54, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Moving dubious content to talk page
The following section is dubious. I don't believe anyone notable has held President Rajapaksa responsible for any of the following.


 * Human Rights Watch has accused the Sri Lankan government headed by President Mahinda Rajapakse of complicity and failure to respond to widespread anti-Tamil violence (pogrom) in Trincomalee town.
 * The UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings noted circumstantial evidence of widespread government (headed by Mahinda Rajapakse) extrajuidicial killings of Tamil civilians.
 * SLMM Mission head, Ulf Henricsson has accused Sri Lankan government forces (could be rogue elements) of complicity in extrajudicial killings of civilian in Tamil Tiger strongholds in the island's North East
 * US State Department Human Rights Report 2005 notes unlawful killings organized by government agents, forced disappearances, imprisonment and torture and discrimination based on race, sex, disability, language and social status particularly after the election of President Mahinda Rajapakse.
 * Reporters Without Borders report murder of Subramaniyam Sugirdharajan, a correspondent of the Tamil-language daily Sudar Oli in the eastern city of Trincomalee shot dead for exposing murders and abuses committed by suspected government backed Tamil paramilitary groups.
 * Reporters Without Borders report raids on Tamil newspapers, Tamil journalist have been killed, received death threats, repeated physical and psychological threats, been arrested, detained and harassed by members of the state security forces.
 * Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Sri Lanka Free Media Movement (FMM) all voiced outrage over the lack of progress in the investigation into the murder Tamil journalist Dharmeratnam "Taraki" Sivaram, the editor of the Tamilnet news website and columnist for the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror newspaper on April 28th 2005.

As per Wikipedia policy I'm moving them to the talk page until required sources are given. Do not reinstate them unless  Reliable Sources are given. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 23:42, 29 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, I've gone through an quoted the relevant section on Rajapaksa for the 1st source at least. There may be claims but the sources have to accurately used. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 04:32, 3 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Ok, the Reporters Without Borders link (the last one) at least has a mention of Rajapaksa, even if it is peripheral. The rest are just general complaints against the government. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 04:54, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

Yeah Thanks Ricky81682, the sentence is a whole lot better now. No allegations without citations. Saying a "significant deterioration" is still pretty strong though, considering, only two incidents are cited, and one of them has, in your words, only a peripheral mention of Rajapaksa. But, like I said its a lot better. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 15:45, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

What about failures/scandals?
This is more like a propaganda poster, not an encyclopedia entry. No one mentions human rights violations under him, or the Negombo scandal that occured during the tsunami. Can someone please come up with some online news stories to back this up? The article should be objective. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.215.149.99 (talk) 17:10, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

Unfortunately, any edits that show the negatives of MR are soon whitewashed, even if the information is factual and accurate.. Check the page history to see what the changes are and who's doing them LKGeek (talk) 06:29, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

Relations to Anura Bandaranaike and size of cabinet
In early 2007, Rajapaksa sacked 3 ministers who were allegedly conspiring to assassinate him, Anura Bandaranaike and 2 other ones, only to put them back into his cabinet 2 weeks later. One could maybe add this. Also the growth of the number of ministers under his rule to an unprecedented 102 ministers and subministers should be mentioned. 62.131.79.6 11:50, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 05:38, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

POV in Presidency section
The Presidency section currently contains the following POV material, some of which may also fall under Original Research:

Rajapaksa assumed office of the President when the need of the hour was for a decisive economic growth. During the first three years of his tenure, Sri Lanka reawakened under his bold leadership.

During his first 3 years of office, Rajapaksa succeeded in handing down severe defeat to the LTTE terrorists handling the security forces as the Commander in Chief, successfully facing the challenge of routing terrorism. The President should be saluted for taking the initiative and for being the driving force behind the humanitarian operations, giving leadership for soldiers engaged in this task under difficult conditions. A notable feature is the massive development taking place in the country while humanitarian operations are continuing.

The rural community rather than the urban dwellers have identified the outstanding service discharged by the Rajapaksa. His direct foreign policy has registered an indelible mark in Sri Lanka's political history. It was under his leadership that highest number of foreign leaders visited the island. He has created an environment for all public employees to serve in liberty. Not only in Sri Lanka, but the attention of the world is focused on the services he had rendered on behalf of the entire nation during his term of office. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.26.111.99 (talk) 23:16, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Various allegations
Per WP:BLP The views of a tiny minority have no place in the article Everytime a few LTTE groups scream out various allegations, doesn't mean they should be included in the article. -- snowolf D4  (  talk  /  @   ) 15:34, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Ltte groups? icrc and amnesty international are pro ltte? get out of that box you live in. seriously.

These allegattions DO NOT VIOLATE WP:BLP, he is a public figure, and allegations are widespread and well documented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.254.241.78 (talk) 01:01, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

I agree as well, all the organizations cited are CREDIBLE... stop stating that everything is "ltte groups", there clearly not. StopGenocide (talk) 04:10, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

Someone has been removing the section on Minority Tamils... This needs to stop before this article is blocked for dispute. StopGenocide (talk) 22:46, 3 March 2009 (UTC) he is a para pundai. vese mahan his generation has the right to get raped by sarath fonseka —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajirthan1997 (talk • contribs) 18:22, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed
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Watch this interesting documentary made by Al Jazeera. Check 4:40, Rajapakse sharing the fear for Tamils. He saved many Sinhalese people from the government. But who is going to save the Tamils from his government? More horrible crimes crimes are now unleashed on Tamils by the same Rajapakse. He is telling the same story like the previous governments. Nothing much has changed.

Rajapakse transformed from a Sinhalese human rights activist to a mass murderer killing many Tamils. Check the poor mother who lost his son. There are thousands of mothers like her. And many more victims like her are in the making. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.134.184.250 (talk) 08:31, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

Today as a Sri Lankan I am proud of my country, my people and my leader because I can hold my head up high and say that we have squashed all our enemies and the country is united. All because of your leadership and the sacrifices of our armed forces personnel. My president I am proud and thankful to you because as a Srilankan living in foreign shores I can say to anybody who asks about terrorism in Srilanka, that it is no more and my country is free. In the past if we may remember,,, not a day passed without people living in fear of bus bombs, suicide attacks and other cowardly atrocities commited by those terrorists. They are no more because you have squashed them and as Sri Lankans we are fortunate to have had a true son of Lanka as president. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kapilaranawake (talk • contribs) 15:36, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

His Awards
Can't we add his awards (eg, Doctor of law,Sri rohana janaranjana,Vishwa Keerthi Sri thri sinhaladheeshwara) to his Infobox? If possible, how? If impossible, why? Pasanbhathiya2 (talk) 06:46, 7 September 2009 (UTC) His doctorate is honoris causa so it should be mentioned. When some one get honoris causa it is not appropriate to use Doctor in front of his name

Sarath Fonseka Rift
The part is written in a news format. Can we do a rewrite? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.158.48 (talk) 17:03, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

mahinda rajapakasa wii win —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.87.225 (talk) 15:02, 8 January 2010 (UTC)


 * wave?? What is a "wave" in a family? EaswarH (talk) 17:43, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Basil Rajapaksa had his President brother throw the beloved General (40yrs Army service) in jail where he still is on trumprd up charges.

It is widely known and reported (recently by UNICEF) that ALL new projects must pay a commission to the President's brother, Basil Rajapaksa or the project has no chance of moving ahead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.235.5.30 (talk) 18:58, 30 June 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite
This article is pathetic! I was thinking whether this is an atricle about an incumbent leader of a country. Somebody please rewrite this article with hard facts. Please refrain from adding election time rumours. Bad articles like these have adverse effects on the reputation of a country... Astronomyinertia (talk) 16:06, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

HE daily photo releases
You can find HE Mahinda Rajapaksa daily photo releases using this web site President Media Daily Photo Releases —Preceding unsigned comment added by AmilaDG (talk • contribs) 11:29, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Slbrave, 18 January 2011
Is costing Sri Lanka the World Cup for showing off with new grounds with his name on.

Slbrave (talk) 08:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC) Not done: We don't add personal opinions to WP articles. If you have something backed up by a reliable source, please make a new request. Qwyrxian (talk) 10:12, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Minor Typo - President
The Opposition claimed that LTTE calling for a boycott of the polls in the North and East from Tamil voters in areas within their control lead to their defeat. This should be 'led'. Jkmyoung (talk) 15:27, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Human Rights Abuse Section
Added section on human right abuses since the President Mahinda Rajapakse coming to power. US State Department, Human Rights Watch, The UN, Reporters without Borders, SLMM, Asian Human Rights Commission all have reported on the gross human rights violations by the new regime. Can't argue all of these organizations noted above have a biased point of view including the UN. I am sure not everyone is going to like this but, these are credible sources, with credible allegations including countries and organizations considered friends/strong allies of Lanka.

Trincomanb 02:40, 2 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I disagree. Please quote any thing that states Mahinda Rajapaksa or his government has abuses human rights from US State Department or UN. Supermod 22:17, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Please refer to the article on www.lankasrinews.com dated on the 17/Jan/2010. (http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2b44OXd4a4aB54O34a3IAQq3e234YBBecd2ZdmAce0de0MmAce0dcYBn2cd0Hlmy30) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dharshan9426 (talk • contribs) 23:24, 29 January 2010 (UTC) Under human rights abuses, the recent wikileaks revelation must be added. The leaks implicate Rajapaksa in the massacre of tamils in the final throes of the 2009 war. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-sri-lanka-mahinda-rajapaksa

Also recent arrest warrant and charges laid against him in the US has also been widely publicised and should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amg1976 (talk • contribs) 05:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

SLMM Statement
Ulf Henricsson said the following in an interview to govt. owned Sunday Observer (May 7th 2006), quoted by Tamilnet :

Speaking on the controversy surrounding SLMM's press release which "charged the SLA of extra-judicial killing," and later "toning down of the statement" after discussions with Colombo, the Retired General said, "we still feel that [security forces are involved with extra-judicial killing]." He then added that after talking to Colombo, "we hedged that avoiding going back on the issue."

"We never said it was security force as a whole, we think there are parts of it, small groups or individuals, we don't know. That is why we said individuals belonging to the security forces are involved. Involved, does not mean they have done it. But they have not done anything to prevent it. They have not seen anything. They have not heard anything that is a problem. If you can commit a murder one hundred meters from the check point and if they don't see anything, don't feel anything, that is a cause for concern. That is the problem," Henricsson explained.

Trincomanb 22:41, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Under human rights abuses, the recent wikileaks revelation must be added. The leaks implicate Rajapaksa in the massacre of tamils in the final throes of the 2009 war. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/01/wikileaks-sri-lanka-mahinda-rajapaksa

Also recent arrest warrant and charges laid against him in the US has also been widely publicised and should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amg1976 (talk • contribs) 05:57, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Nepotism and Alleged War Crimes
The editors Fuzzbuzz and Magnocrusher2007 have added the section Nepotism and Alleged War Crimes, which I have expanded, yet the user LahiruG wants to remove these sections because they are not present in articles such as George W. Bush or the United States Army. What should happen to these sections?--Blackknight12 (talk) 15:09, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * The article to compare would be Omar al-Bashir, who is the president of Sudan, another is Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe. The argument that the similar information is not available on George W. Bush, so it should not be made available on this particular one is not an acceptable argument. The fact that Blacknight12 has been called a LTTE sympathizer or in effect an terrorist by LahiruG here is very indicative of the POV position in the edits. This has to be taken to third opinion first, then arbitration eventually . Kanatonian (talk) 22:49, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
 * If neutral sources can be found to back up such section, go for it. However, I am talking about neutral, academic sources put out and published by i.e. Regional Studies Institutes on an international level by academic publishers and not by more or less biased media on both sides. We all know (or should know) which families own which publisher in Sri Lanka. No CoI-sources, please. So dig through libraries, scan available docs/paras, upload them, so that we all may discuss them and see if they indeed back the sentences in such section. Yes, it is painful but in view of the difficult situation down there, I feel it is necessary. Also: Since there are two official languages in Sri Lanka with differing scripts, BOTH need to be included and transcribed. General sort order: Language of majority, Language of Minority, if there are more than one language of Majority and Minority, Alphabetize the sort order. Anyhow, good luck and the suggestion to first add additional sourced content here BEFORE it is included into the lemma (encyclopedic entry) itself.  छातीऀनाएल - chartinael (talk) 10:34, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I have been following this dispute but have so far avoided getting involved. There have been so many users involved and so many blanket reverts that a lot of confusion has arisen about the motives of the contributors. As it's already been pointed out, LahiruG's argument that "other articles don't contain such content and therefore it shouldn't be included in this article" isn't a valid argument on Wikipedia. The allegations leveled against Rajapaksa have been widely reported and should be included in this article as long as they are written in a neutral tone and supported by reliable sources. A quick search in Google reveals that there are plenty of independent, reliable sources on war crimes, nepotism, corruption and electoral fraud.-- obi2canibe talk contr 20:30, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't know who wrote this, but this cracked me up.
 * This includes his brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, who was given the post of Defence Secetary, without holding any elections for the post.
 * Kudos. -- snowolf D4  (  talk  /  @   ) 20:10, 31 January 2011 (UTC)

You all wanted to hear from a complete neutral, which is what I am completely neutral. I live in Ireland and have no affiliation to either party or media of any kind. However when I watched a very eye-opening and shocking insights documentary into the events of those final bloody weeks of conflict in 2009, by the International very well respected broadcaster Channel 4, I was physically sick. It is very clear now that far from the lenses of television cameras and the print of news headlines that typify war reporting today, tens of thousands of civilians – perhaps as many as 40,000 innocent civilians many of who were in make shift hospitals at the time, were systematical raped, tortured, mutilated and just dumped without any level of respect. No reporters were allowed near the war zone, blocked by the Sri Lankan Government in an attempt to hide the death and destruction from the world. But in this era of mobile phones and digital technology, hiding the truth is difficult. This accurate documentary showed the footage of dead female Tamil's who appear to have been raped and murdered by against the Sri Lankan military. Viewers were also shown the shelling by Sri Lankan forces of crowded hospitals and civilian encampments in areas that the authorities ironically dubbed “no-fire zones”.

Mahinda Rajapaksa is responsible for all of this, he has broken multiple international humanitarian laws and must be tried for War Crimes. Hence you must add the section in Mahinda Rajapaksa's page about Nepotism and Alleged War Crimes as this is real and the UN are now looking at putting real pressure on his government to investigate and or Justice for the Tamil people. In the end any level headed person can see Mahinda Rajapaksa and his brother have no respect for there own people and multiple War crimes have been committed by him.... FACT !!!

http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/06/15/sri-lanka-confronting-the-killing-fields/

David — Preceding unsigned comment added by Globejurno (talk • contribs) 13:07, 15 June 2011 (UTC)


 * If reliable sources can be found to describe said nepotism and alleged war crimes the material can be included. What we do not need is people drawing conclusions themselfs, that would be original research and a violation of our policiy on biographies of living people, which applies to everyone. Yoenit (talk) 13:28, 15 June 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 31.203.159.20, 22 August 2011
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Ahmadi Governorate Police Stations

Police Station Name Address Telephone Numbers Wafra Command Wafra Police Station Block 4 near to Fire Station roundabout Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3810411 3810412 3810721 Wafra Command Zour Police Station Zour enternance station near to Zour Fire Station Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3950461 3950160 3950505 Subahiya Police Station Block 5 road 5 x 4 intersection near to Riqqa Co-op Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3940700 3948625 3948623 Hadiya Police Station Block 1 Hadiya Co-op street Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3940700 3948625 3940057 Riqqa Police Station Block 5 road 5 x 4 intersection near to Riqqa Co-op Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3945700 3960513 3960514 Abdullah port command and Police Station Block 4 King Abdul Aziz road beside Abdullah Port Fire Station Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3261983 3261145 3263345 3262552 Ali Sabah Al-Salem Police Station Services block main street opposite to telephone exchange Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3280383 3280277 3280343 Shuaiba industrial area Police Station South gate opposite to industrial medical center near to Shuaiba industrial telephone exchange Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3261789 3261538 3260882 Fahahail area command Fahahail Police Station Block 2 Al-Badawiya street number (25) Front Registry Desk: Officer: Fax: 3910014 3912959 3915804 Abu Halifa Police Station Block 2 Shaikh Faisal Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah street Front Registry Desk: Officer: pleasss halp ..... 212.43.23.243 (talk) 07:09, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This is not the place for this information. Topher385 (talk) 10:28, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

good main
good main — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hp123456123456 (talk • contribs) 17:31, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

“He did not complete his Advanced Level (“A levels”) education, instead leaving his job as a clerk at the library at Sri Jayawarendapura University in the Colombo suburbs in 1970 to run for his late father’s seat representing his native Hambantota in Parliament.” the US Embassy Colombo informed Washington.

The Colombo Telegraph found the related leaked cable from the WikiLeak database. The cable is classified as “CONFIDENTIAL” details biographic details on Sri Lanka’s fifth President Percy Mahendra Rajapakse. The cable was written on November 21, 20045 by the US Ambassador to Colombo Jeffrey J. Lunstead.

Under the subheading “JUST A COUNTRY LAWYER” Ambassador Lunstead wrote “ Percy Mahinda Rajapakse was born on November 18, 1945 in Verukatiya, Hambantota District, the third of SLFP founder-member D.A. Rajapakse’s eight children. (An older brother Chamal is also an SLFP MP, while two younger brothers, Godabhaya and Basil, had been living in the U.S. but returned to help with their brother’s campaign for the presidency.) He was educated at Richmond College in the southern district of Galle (where his father reportedly had to engage a Sinhala tutor to boost his son’s proficiency in his native tongue), as well as Nalanda College and Thurstan College in Colombo. He did not complete his Advanced Level (“A levels”) education, instead leaving his job as a clerk at the library at Sri Jayawarendapura University in the Colombo suburbs in 1970 to run for his late father’s seat representing his native Hambantota in Parliament. When he won at the age of 24, he became the youngest MP in Sri Lanka’s history to enter Parliament–a record that still stands. Taking advantage of a decision by the then-Justice Minister to allow MPs to enter law school–whether or not they had the necessary educational qualifications–Rajapakse graduated from Sri Lanka Law College in 1974.”

http://colombotelegr...advanced-level/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rahulan1976 (talk • contribs) 22:42, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

The Tsunami funds scandal
Sri Lanka was hit by a devastating Tsunami on the 26th of December 2004.

On December 26, 2004 a devastating Tsunami hit Sri Lanka’s southern and Eastern Coastline. It rendered hundreds of thousands homeless and took the lives of 30,000 Sri Lankans. In the wake of that Tsunami Sri Lanka was to receive more goodwill and financial aid than it had ever done before. At that time Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse was still Prime Minister. It would only be in the election of November 2005 that he would take over as President. Overwhelmed by the tragedy and moved by the plight of its victims money poured in from every corner of the world. The investigations found Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister was siphoning off Tsunami funds into a  private account maintained in his father’s name.


 * Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse and a handful of select officials have siphoned off a colossal Rs. 82 million of monies given to the Prime Minister’s Fund as tsunami relief and reconstruction, into a private account called ‘Helping Hambantota’ maintained at the Standard Chartered Bank in direct violation of Presidential directives.  The actions of the Prime Ministerial team may also raise serious issues, which may border on offences under the Public Property Act, given that the four signatories to the account are private persons not connected to the Prime Minister’s office.

Signatories to the account The signatories to this account are Prof. Epasinghe, a long time friend of the Prime Minister, who does not work in the PM’s office but is paid a salary of Rs. 40,000 plus fuel expenses. Mahinda Gunawardena, another loyalist, Deputy Minister, Plantation Industries and brother of the Prime Minister, Chamal Rajapakse and Udaya Abeyratne of the Road Development Authority who is the chief accountant of the Prime Minister’s ‘Maga Neguma’ Project. The account named ‘Helping Hambantota’ maintained at the Rajagiriya branch of the Standard Chartered Bank bears A/C No. 01-1237322-01 and as at June 29, had an account balance of Rs. 103,094, 966 (over Rs. 103 million). The account is still receiving funds and recently a direct cash deposit of Rs. 54,200 was made. If there was one time in the history of Sri Lanka that prompted worldwide sympathy and good will towards the nation it was the days after the tsunami. Apart from government to government pledges, private companies, the Sri Lankan diaspora, NGOs and foreign missions literally sent sacks of money to the country to meet the urgent needs of the tsunami affected. Many of these donations made its way to Mahinda Rajapakse as prime minister of Sri Lanka. Certainly money was flowing in, and steadily. At the time no special accounts were in existence and the Prime Minister was in control in the absence of the President who was still in London. For a Prime Ministerial team to then arbitrarily decide with no official record of the fact except a verbal assurance by the PM’s Secretary, Lalith Weeratunga that a large chunk of these moneys was given especially for the reconstruction of Hambantota raises serious issues of public accountability and transparency. In any event all donations received by the Prime Minister or by the Prime Minister’s office were donations given to the country as a whole and not to Mahinda Rajapakse to nurse his own constituency for personal political gain to give a generous interpretation to what has taken place. The fact that the monies have not yet been used but kept in an account for future use – and this is admitted to by PM’s Secretary Weeratunga (see box) – makes the action even more heinous, considering the untold suffering that victims in temporary shelters are still going through. Transactions The Sunday Leader learns that since the commencement of the ‘Helping Hambantota’ account, 14 outgoing transactions, each of which was less than a million, have been made totaling a sum of Rs. 9 million. This means the account had over Rs. 112 million. That is Rs. 30 million more than what was initially deposited from the Prime Minister’s ‘Punarjeewana’ fund. However Prime Minister’s Secretary, Lalith Weeratunga says no money has been deposited to this account after the initial Rs. 82 million and no account movements have occurred. Remember, President Kumaratunga was in England when the tsunami struck and it was the Prime Minister who took over disaster management efforts. Indeed, during those heady post-tsunami days and after her hasty return to the country, President Kumaratunga was to scoff at Rajapakse’s inefficiency publicly and berate his one-man-show attempt privately. Be that as it may, from December 26 onwards, monies received by the Prime Minister personally or by the Prime Minister’s office were deposited in the government account called ‘Secretary to the Prime Minister’ as there was no other account available in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. It is pertinent to note however that following the calamity there was no record to show the amount of money donated and the amount deposited. Simply put, due to various reasons – most of which were logistical – there was zero accountability. Sources at the Prime Minister’s office confirm that monies handed over in the presence of other officials at the office were however documented. President’s directive On her return from London, President Kumaratunga was quick to notify all ministries concerned that monies received for tsunami relief should be deposited into one account. Therefore, on December 29, 2004 by Presidential Secretariat Circular No. PA/272, President’s Secretary, W.J.S. Karunaratne sent out a directive to all secretaries of ministries and heads of institutions not scheduled under ministries.

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Mahinda Rajapaksa - Soozhchiyum Thanthiramum ISBN: 9788191027136
A popular Tamil Book of Mahinda Rajapaksa book peal his entire autobiography and war crime which was published by Blackhole Media Publication Limited, Chennai - India, written by Xavier, publisher Sheik Abdullah. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackholemedia (talk • contribs) 22:19, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit proof?
Why is possible to edit this article? This man is no different than Chairman Mao, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Assad of Syria, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro and a dozen other despots we've seen over the last century. Surely the biography should be expanded to include his policies of ethnic cleansing, genocide and crimes against humanity, rather than a diluted mention of "Allegations of War Crimes." He runs the nation very much like Saddam Hussein ran his, using family in important positions and crushing political opponents with instant imprisonment (or worse) for challenging his power. He threw UN observers out of the country virtually under threat of murder before the final erasure of the Tamil. The sources are the ones already cited, which include face-to-face interviews with the very same UN staff forced to flee to save their own skin. The toothlessness of the UN leadership also needs exposure. All they seem able to do is call "foul" and then run away, when they should be filing charges at the Hague at an absolute minimum. The "silence" of this "Wiki aricle" is deafening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.62.254.20 (talk) 07:23, 15 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Everything against him are nothing but allegations - there is no undeniable proof of any of the allegations made - everything is uncorroborated. So they remain allegations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 103.247.49.171 (talk) 16:19, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

Edit request
WikiLeaks made public secret US cables (Contents of the United States diplomatic cables leak (Sri Lanka)) from 2009–10, stating that American diplomats including Patricia Butenis believed that Mahinda Rajapaksa was responsible for targeting Tamil civilians (who were held as human shields by the LTTE) resulting in their alleged deaths and of captured LTTE fighters at the end of the war with the LTTE. The cable also states that (as in any war, where the responsibility for casualties rests with the supreme commander of the war effort), responsibility for many of the alleged crimes rests with the country's senior civilian and military leadership, including President Rajapaksa, his brothers and General Fonseka.[9]

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Semi-protected edit request on 9 January 2015
On 9th January 2015, Mahinda Rajapaksa step down from the position President of SriLanka after the defeat in Srilanka president election poll.He accepted his defeat and right away moved out of President's Palace. The defeat is held due to the anger of Tamil civilians in Srilanka due to war crime committed by him and all the Tamil supporter are celebrating Rajapaksa defeat. Hope the country turns to have peace and harmony with the new government, succeeded by Maithripala Sirisen will be the 7th President of Srilanka.

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Semi-protected edit request on 10 January 2015
Replace the current image with "Mahinda Rajapaksa; Facebook profile picture.jpg"

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Please insert the flag used by Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka
Please insert the flag used by Mahinda Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka, http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/l/lk_pr-mr.gif

Icemagnet (talk) 16:00, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

❌ neither his predecessor, not his successor, have the flag in their pages and its use would contravene MOS:ICON - Arjayay (talk) 19:43, 21 February 2015 (UTC)

Coup d'état
There is no evidence that Rajapakse try Coup d'état. He,Military spokesman,Army Commander and Police also reject that. Rajapaksa decided to concede defeat and summoned Ranil Wickremesinghe to assure him of a smooth transition of power.Mention that also. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randeepa (talk • contribs) 14:23, 10 February 2015 (UTC)

There is every evidence that Rajapakse attempted to remain in power. What were the Army Chief, Police Chief, Chief Justice, etc. doing in Temple Trees (this was his official residence) in wee hours of 09th January? They shouldn't be present in that place in an election night! Can anyone think a tyrant in the nature of Rajapakse will give up power easily? The entire state machinery and some of the private sector bodies were forced/compelled to do campaigning for him. Billions of rupees were spent on his campaign (of course not his money). The "Poya", one of the religious days of Buddhists in Sri Lanka (usually one per month) was used to influence voters (white cloths with his messages were distributed to poor devotees). His campaign went down to such a low ebb. The opposition was pulverised and quelled. Eventually, "democracy" won.

Can a rational person could surmise that there was a smooth transition of power. In my opinion, the real hero who safeguarded the will of the majority is none other than the Election Commissioner of Sri Lanka (Mr. Deshapriya).

It will take a decade for the new government to investigate the atrocities committed by him, his family, and his cohorts. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.247.205.123 (talk) 05:21, 3 July 2015 (UTC)

Infobox officeholder
I rearranged the terms per Template:Infobox_officeholder/example (Infobox officeholder is the template which is currently implemented) where it explicitly says "Place the most recent terms at the top". I would like to know if there is another guideline which contradicts this, as reverted my edit claiming electorates are always mentioned at the bottom of the list. I'm not currently aware of a guideline/policy which mandates such thing. And what exactly do you mean by electorates should be at the bottom? From what I know electorates are the people who vote in an election. Please elaborate. I hope we could reach a consensus here rather than editwarring in article space. Best, -- Chamith   (talk)  06:46, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

And also, please explain why you reverted both my edits, including this one, where I removed a duplicated ref. I'm starting to get a feeling that this was a hasty undoing. Thank you for your clarification in advance. -- Chamith   (talk)  06:52, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * The infobox as it is currently is very messy, random and way too long. Only the most important offices that the person has held should be in the infobox. This excludes party political offices as it is not comparable to a cabinet or diplomatic post. When an office is held multiple times, they should be grouped together, where the most recent term is at the top. Rajapaksa has been elected to parliament three times, at different periods in his life, but they are the same office, member of the parliament. Parliamentary seats in an infobox are always last on the list as it is relatively unimportant, and is standard throughout wikipedia.--Blackknight12 (talk) 08:07, 5 September 2015 (UTC)


 * That sounds quite reasonable. And given that there are no firm rules on Wikipedia, I think we should just move forward with your version, as what you mentioned above is true. I agree that the infobox is bloated with mediocre term entries. And I suppose most people would be looking for information about his presidency. I'll restore back your version while retaining this edit. Cheers. -- Chamith   (talk)  12:07, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your discussion. I'm glad we could work this out. --Blackknight12 (talk) 12:48, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Accountability of the page???
Most of the reference used for this page is not politically balanced sources. Some of these facts are not proved and they are just statements of other politicians or media which is not balanced. Some wikipedians edit this page based on just media article which is not balanced. Remember this is not a place to display your ideas. For example Helping Hambathota part does not have even citation or credible reference. This could be harm to quality of wikipedia too. Not satisfied about moderateness of this page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Randeepa (talk • contribs) 15:34, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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Mahinda Rajapaksha net worth false report someone with false views on him gaved false details to vanquish peoples loyalty to Mahinda Rajapaksha. And Even Donal Trump don't have 18USD Billion dollars some fool with wrong mind polluting Mahinda Rajapaksha wiki page. Please find and replace correct details or remove that line please. 112.134.87.60 (talk) 17:59, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 19 August 2018
"relesed" = released" 2605:E000:9149:A600:D826:EAE5:47B3:B899 (talk) 23:46, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2018
MeToo; I also wanted to add that Mr Mahinda Rajapakse is elected as new PM of Sri Lanka. 175.157.83.129 (talk) 15:15, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 26 October 2018
Prime Minister of sri lanka from 26th october 2018 Danushchathura1 (talk) 15:07, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 11 November 2018
Mahinda Rajapaksa is the Prime minister in Sri Lanka under the constitution. There is no dispute. The sinhala language 19th amendment gives authority for the president to sack the PM and appoint new PM. See Please change "is the Disputed Prime Minister of Sri Lanka" to "is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka"
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Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2018
Mr Mahinda Rajapakse is not prime minister of Sri lanka.Under the Sri lanka constitution President can't remove previous Prime Minister.See Speaker recognises Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister of Sri lanka .See

Mr Mahinda Rajapaksha is not Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.Please Remove it.He is a one of parliament minister. Please Change "Prime Minister of Sri Lanka" to "Member of Parliament" Sathira12665 (talk) 19:53, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This is currently under dispute. Until the result is clear, we won't just remove the title. Please note that the info-box at the top explicitly notes that this is disputed. DannyS712 (talk) 20:24, 13 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 November 2018
Change "Succeeded by" to "vacant" as still it is not decided who is the next prime minister 112.134.39.204 (talk) 16:13, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
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change successor to vacant
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Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2018
Mr Mahinda Rajapaksha is 17th Prime Minister of Sri lanka.See Please Change "Prime Minister of Sri Lanka" to "17 th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka"112.134.46.202 (talk) 19:01, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
 * ❌, see above. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 21:44, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2018
Sri Lanka MPs pass no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Rajapaksa.SeeSeeSee Mr Mahinda Rajapaksha is not Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.Please Remove it.Now He is a one of parliament minister. Please Change "Prime Minister of Sri Lanka" to "Member of Parliament"
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Semi-protected edit request on 18 November 2018
Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa is the Prime minister in Sri Lanka under the constitution. There is no dispute. The sinhala language 19th amendment gives authority for the president to appoint a new PM per his wish. The speaker is not the president of the country and he is currently trying to attempt a coup with the opposition to become the President. The premier of Sri Lanka is only the current President and no one else. See government websites to confirm that Mr Mahinda Rajapaksa is the Prime Minister. See right at the bottom.

Others

Please change "The Honorable Mahinda Rajapaksa MP" to "The Honorable Mahinda Rajapaksa Prime Minister" in the information box in the right hand side, right on top

Please change "26 October 2018 – 14 November 2018" to "26 October 2018 – present" in the information box in the right hand side.

You are giving incorrect information to the public having this false details in wikipedia.


 * ❌, see above. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 21:44, 17 November 2018 (UTC)

These web sites are captured by the conspirators so Therefore, they are not true 112.134.45.10 (talk) 03:39, 23 November 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 November 2018
Sri lanka have now two prime minister see please change "Prime Minister of Sri Lanka" to "Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (Disputed with Ranil Wickremesinghe )" 112.134.45.10 (talk) 03:43, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
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Speaker's statement on NCM
On the 14th November 2018, Speaker of the Sri Lankan Parliament released a statement highlighting that the No-Confidence Motion (NCM) against Mahinda Rajapaksha was passed under accepted norms. Doesn't this mean that Mahinda Rajapaksha is no longer the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka? (Since President has no power to reject a passed NCM according to the constitution). The article should stop referring to Mahinda Rajapaksha as the the PM IMO. [[User:CoolGin|<span style="color:
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Semi-protected edit request on 16 December 2018
Amarabandu (talk) 07:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC) Instead of Medamulana Walawwa, it must be changed as "Carlton House".
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Semi-protected edit request on 17 November 2019
Requesting a correction of his presidential designation to "5th President of Sri Lanka" from "6th President of Sri Lanka". Jackofjacks (talk) 09:04, 17 November 2019 (UTC)


 * ❌. Please provide a reliable source that supports this change. See also List of presidents of Sri Lanka, which includes him as sixth along with a source to the parliament of Sri Lanka. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon &bull; videos) 14:15, 17 November 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2019
Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn 23rd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Polsambol (talk) 08:10, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2019
Change Polsambol (talk) 08:14, 21 November 2019 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2019
Change: Polsambol (talk) 08:17, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 4 December 2019

 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made.  CAPTAIN MEDUSA   talk  12:46, 4 December 2019 (UTC)
 * "මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ" is already in the article, in the very first sentence. <b style="color:black">Nici</b><b style="color:purple">Vampire</b><b style="color:black">Heart</b> 12:50, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Native Name
Added native name as මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ and மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ above his image. Don't remove it. <b style="color:black">We</b><b style="color:red">Talk</b><b style="color:black">Wiki</b> 13:27, 8 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Thanks for adding the infobox. It won't be removed but you can also watch this article. Abishe (talk) 13:09, 20 December 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 April 2020
add the following to "Early Life" as it is a notable event:

Mahinda Rajapaksa also served as the chairman of the United Corporations and Mercantile Union at the Vidyodaya University. Dhanukaprr (talk) 02:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 11 August 2020
Mahinda Rajapaksa assumed duties as prime minister of Sri Lanka at his the Prime Minister's residence, temple trees today 11th August 2020. Anushkae (talk) 16:38, 11 August 2020 (UTC)
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Lead
The lead states that he is a lawyer by profession? Is he still an active lawyer, incase he isn't, it doesn't make sense to say that. Hmanburg (talk) 19:39, 17 August 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 January 2021
Remove now Sri Lanka from the birth place 47.31.197.247 (talk) 06:06, 21 January 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 19 May 2021
Hee needs a new name changed. ChannasrilankaSL (talk) 06:57, 19 May 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 9 March 2022
Nety Worth - 9 Billion USD 161.185.160.21 (talk) 19:48, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2022
Name : Mahinda Rajapaksa -> AKA Naki Maina TharakaRavishan (talk) 15:43, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 May 2022
He is the mega thief who disappeared the dolor storage of government. He should be investigated and audited internationally. He is most rejected person of sri lankans. But still he don't like to resigned from prime minister position even all Sri lanksns forcing and making revolution to eliminate the Rajapaksha family. He is the main thief of rajapaksha family called as Nãki Mainã. Next one is Basil Rajapaksha called as Kaputã, next one is Gotabhaya Rajapaksha, next onr is Chamal Rajapaksha, Next one is Sashindra Rajapaksha. His son's Namal Rajapaksha who is having so many lands and business started without any proper earning, Yoshitha Rajapaksha is a navi officer who  also same as Namal. Next one Rohitha Rajapaksha is bit different look, but same DNA of father because he is also eating without having proper job. So all of them are eating by robed money of sri lankans. 2402:D000:A400:83F8:ECDF:F66D:7ECB:28C3 (talk) 11:31, 6 May 2022 (UTC)
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Rajapaksas have planned the easter attack(the bomb attack in Sri Lanka in 2019 on Easter Sunday) to get the power of Sri Lanka. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tlogan98 (talk • contribs) 15:18, 9 May 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 May 2022
Please change "Mahinda Rajapaksa (Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician" to "Mahinda Rajapaksa (Sinhala: මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, Tamil: மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician and a corrupted politician and a war criminal"

Also, please add "He was the one who is responsible for the civil war started on 05/09/2022 between his supporters and the peaceful supporters who wanted him to step down from the prime minister position." to the end of the first paragraph. Tharusha1225 (talk) 10:33, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 22 May 2022
Mahinda Rajapaksa hit some people in the goal face... DarkSparxGaming (talk) 10:43, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 4 June 2022
Lead section has multiple issues including grammar

Change the section in the lead "During Rajapaksa's political career, he has been accused of being a war criminal and criminal. In the last years of the Sri Lankan civil war, there were human rights violations which were committed under Mahinda Rajapaksa’s presidency. He has rejected the United Nations' investigation into the war crimes committed. He has been accused of being a criminal several times, most recently for insisting violent on anti-government protestors on 9 May 2022"

into

"During Rajapaksa's political career, he has been accused of multiple crimes including war crimes during the last years of the Sri Lankan civil as well as other criminal accusations including human rights violations during his presidency, corruption and most recently for instigating violence on anti-government protestors on 9 May 2022" 2402:D000:8130:6486:C920:30B7:3509:D62 (talk) 18:21, 4 June 2022 (UTC)


 * It will change Theeveralst (talk) 20:52, 16 June 2022 (UTC)