{"id":135089,"date":"2014-12-18T10:44:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T05:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=135089"},"modified":"2020-07-08T14:00:12","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T08:30:12","slug":"infographic-family-first-country-second-rajapaksa-family-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/infographic-family-first-country-second-rajapaksa-family-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: Family First; Country Second &#8211; Rajapaksa Family Tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mahinda Rajapaksa has betrayed the people. He has put family before country. Instead of creating a merit based society with equal opportunities for all, he has handed-over the people\u2019s taxes and wealth to his own family and cronies.<\/p>\n<p>By appointing family members to all major decision-making posts Mahinda Rajapaksa has caused the country\u2019s decline towards dictatorship, ever rising corruption and mismanagement. The Rajapaksa family alone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-family-controls-62-of-budget-22-more-than-in-2010\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">controls over 56 percent<\/span><\/a> of the entire country\u2019s annual budget and all the key ministries are in their corrupt hands.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka needs a system where no one family or person can centralize power in such a fashion. We need a system where power is distributed between the legislature, judiciary and executive. 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