Lankans vent out anger against Gota on his Dubai zoo visit

By NESHELLA PERERA

Hundreds of Sri Lankans who are now haunted by an unprecedented economic crisis after wrong policies under ousted President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa vented out their anger by expressing displeasure on Rajapaksa’s recent visit to a private Dubai zoo in the United Arab Emirates.Rajapaksa’s pictures at the Fame Park in Dubai went viral in social media with frustrated Sri Lankans commenting on his visit.

“The Rajapaksas are a rare species and this one got kicked out in the rear and booted out of the country,” said a Sri Lankan on Twitter platform in response to Rajapaksa’s pictures.

President Rajapaksa was seen clutching onto a python and people had responded to the images saying,

“How is the snake allowed to travel?”

“Why did he travel to another country, when we have the biggest pythons and snakes in our Parliament,” another furious citizen questioned.

Rajapaksa went to the UAE on a private visit and returned to the island on Thursday(5).Fame Park is owned by Saif Belhasa and holds many exotic animals including Bengal tigers, white tigers, lions, giraffes, zebras, cheetahs, panthers and chimpanzees.

“How can he smile after what he has done to our country,” an Instagram user posted.

“Imagine being on holiday, after screwing a country up.”

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in July last year against Rajapaksa’s wrong policies which led to an economic crisis and higher inflation. Rajapaksa was ousted by the protesters after he fled the country to Singapore via Maldives and announced his resignation.Later he spent 22 days in Thailand before returning to Sri Lanka. He has been given all the perks and privileges similar to a former president though he did not complete his term.

The Former President was not immediately available for a comment.

“He has reached his proper destination… hopefully he joins his beloved family in that zoo,” another social media activist said.

“Tortured us Sri Lankans and now torturing animals”.

Rajapaksa won the 2019 presidency with a landslide as most Sinhala Buddhists voted for him after his campaign outlined the importance of saving Buddhism from other religions in Sri Lanka, dividing a multi-ethnic nation.His close allies have said there was a plan to murder him in July and he would have been killed had he not fled the presidential palace on July 9.