#GotaGoHome - Presidential Flight & International "Punditry"

The Doghouse

History has been made in Sri Lanka, where the world witnessed one of the most farcical departures from power of a Head of State in global political history. What happens next? In this episode we take a look at the events leading up to mass protests on 9 July, the storming of President's House, the Presidential Secretariat, and Temple Trees. We're talking about the role of Parliament and the fears of extra-legal power grabs in the aftermath of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation. We're also putting international media and 'blue tick' pundits on notice - Stop trying to take away Sri Lanka's agency! We apologise for the garbling of some syllables/words - our co-hosts are in opposite ends of the country and we had to make do with audio conferencing software dependent on Sri Lanka's now unreliable internet coverage. Download the Watchdog App for Android! Music - Cantina Rag by Jackson F. Smith is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License. Soundbites (Fair use of copyrighted material) - WION Tom Nash The New Atlas