Rajapaksa family controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2023
Supreme Court fundamental-rights ruling
Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court held that Gotabaya, Mahinda, Basil and other officials had violated fundamental rights through their handling of matters connected with the economic crisis.
2022
Economic crisis and protest movement
Sri Lanka’s economic collapse generated widespread accusations of corruption, nepotism and policy mismanagement against the Rajapaksa government and culminated in mass protests and the family’s loss of executive power.
2021
Pandora Papers offshore-wealth revelations
The Pandora Papers linked Nirupama Rajapaksa and Thirukumar Nadesan to offshore companies, trusts, property and other assets. The reporting intensified scrutiny of the family’s wealth, while the full scale and legality of the assets remained disputed or unresolved.
2015
Alleged misuse of state resources and corruption
After Mahinda Rajapaksa’s electoral defeat, organisations and monitors raised allegations involving campaign use of public resources, corruption, abuse of power and unexplained transfers of funds.