Andrew Fidel Fernando’s Analysis of Sri Lanka’s Elite Impunity

• Ranil Wickremesinghe, then-President of Sri Lanka, is accused of misuse of public funds worth approximately $50,000.

• Wickremesinghe was arrested in August 2025 for the alleged misuse of public funds.

• His arrest has been viewed as political revenge-taking, with his supporters arguing that he is entitled to presidential perks even on personal trips.

• The public’s perception of these expenditures is changing, with fewer concessions made to the elites.

• The public’s resentment against politicians’ excesses has been evident during the mass protests of July 2022.

• The arrest of Wickremesinghe gives little political ground for the incumbent National People’s Power (NPP) government.

• Wickremesinghe stood a distant third in the 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election and his party and allies command just six seats in Sri Lanka’s 225-member Parliament.

• There are more serious allegations in the courts of Sri Lanka, such as a former Health Minister being the beneficiary of a medicine scam that cost the government Sri Lankan rupees 144 million.

• The NPP government is taking a significant risk in the arrest of Wickremesinghe, risking further antagonising the old political establishment and turning the spotlight on itself.

• The NPP is seen as a political experiment, with investigations into two of its own Ministers over fraud and corruption allegations.

Andrew Fidel Fernando is important topic for Civil service exam (WBCS).

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