Sosok Rajapaksa, Presiden Sri Lanka yang Kabur Saat Negara Bangkrut

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, waves to public as he leaves after attending a parade to mark the anniversary of country's independence from British colonial rule in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Presiden Gotabaya Rajapaksa melambaikan tangan saat parade kemerdekaan di Kolombo, Sri Lanka, Selasa (4/2/2020). Rajapaksa menyatakan akan mengundurkan diri pada hari Rabu (13/7) untuk membuka jalan bagi transisi kekuasaan yang damai. Janji ini disampaikannya setelah dia melarikan diri ke Maladewa, tepat sebelum ribuan pengunjuk rasa datang menyerbu untuk menuntut pengunduran dirinya.

FILE- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa greets ruling party lawmakers as he departs along the well of the parliament after delivering his policy speech in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 20, 2020. Rajapaksa softened his majoritarian stand and struck a conciliatory tone toward the ethnic minorities on Tuesday, promising post-civil war reforms for equal rights and urging politicians to refrain from fanning ethnic tensions. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Presiden Gotabaya Rajapaksa usai berpidato di depan anggota parlemen, Kolombo, Sri Lanka, 20 Agustus 2020. Sebagai presiden, Rajapaksa menikmati kekebalan dari penangkapan, dan dia diyakini ingin pergi ke luar negeri sebelum mengundurkan diri untuk menghindari kemungkinan ditahan.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa speaks during the opening ceremony of the UN Climate Change Conference COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday Nov. 1, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow gathers leaders from around the world, in Scotland's biggest city, to lay out their vision for addressing the common challenge of global warming. (Andy Buchanan/Pool via AP)

Presiden Gotabaya Rajapaksa saat berpidato pada konfrensi perubahan iklim dunia di Glasgow, Skotlandia, 1 November 2021. Sumber imigrasi mengatakan bahwa Rajapaksa, istri dan seorang pengawalnya termasuk di antara empat penumpang di pesawat militer Antonov-32 yang lepas landas dari bandara internasional utama Sri Lanka. (Andy Buchanan/AP Photo)

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivers his policy speech in the Parliament in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Presiden Gotabaya Rajapaksa sebalum berpidato di depan anggota parlemen, Kolombo, Sri Lanka, 20 Agustus 2020. Gotabaya pernah menempuh pendidikan di Ananda College, Kolombo dan kemudian bergabung dengan Angkatan Darat Sri Lanka pada tahun 1971. Gotabaya pensiun dari Angkatan Darat sebagai Letnan Kolonel 1991. Gotabaya juga sempat menjadi menteri pertahanan pada tahun 2005.

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2019, file photo, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, center, speaks with his cabinet colleagues in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa said Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019 that he has become the victim in the alleged abduction of a Swiss Embassy employee who was reportedly threatened and sexually abused to disclose embassy-related information. Rajapaksa said reports of the alleged abduction appeared in foreign media before the facts were established, and critics accused his government of carrying it out. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Gotabaya Rajapaksa berbicara dengan para menterinya pada sebuah kesempatan di Kolombo, Sri Lanka, 22 November 2019. Gotabaya Rajapaksa adalah seorang politisi non karir dan mantan perwira pertama yang menjadi presiden. Dia berhasil memenangkan pemilihan presiden dengan perolehan suara sebanyak 52,2 persen. Sumpah jabatannya diambil di kawasan suci Ruvanvaliseya Stupa di Anuradhapura pada 18 November 2019.

FILE - In this Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019, file photo, Sri Lankan President-elect Gotabaya Rajapaksa waves to supporters as he leaves the election commission after the announcement of his victory in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka’s government in early September has proposed changes to the constitution to aggrandize powers of the president, that will allow him hold key ministries and appoint officials to key positions, powers that were taken away by a reformist government elected in 2015. The draft of the 20th Amendment to the constitution will allow Rajapaksa to appoint top judges, police chief, members of the public service, elections, bribery and human rights commissions at his discretion. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Rajapaksa meninggalkan kantor KPU usai pengumuman pemilu di Kolombo, Sri Lanka, 17 November 2019. Seperti diketahui, krisis ekonomi berkepanjangan membuat negara Sri Lanka bergejolak. Krisis ekonomi ini adalah yang terburuk di negara itu dalam 70 tahun terakhir. Rakyat menuntut presiden Gotabaya Rajapaksa mengundurkan diri.

FILE - Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce Gotabaya's presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 11, 2019. In Sri Lanka, the Rajapaksa family has monopolized politics in the island nation for decades. Even now, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is still clinging to power, although the family dynasty around him has crumbled amid protests since April, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Mahinda Rajapaksa (kiri) bersama kakanya, Gotabaya Rajapaksa saat deklarasi pencapresan di Kolombo, Sri Lanka, 11 Agustus 2019. Gotabaya dinilai menjadi penyebab dari krisis dan gejolak yang terjadi di Sri Lanka. Gotabaya disebut-sebut menghidupkan kembali dinasti paling kuat di Asia, dengan sejumlah anggota keluarganya menempati posisi penting di pemerintahan. Sejumlah kebijakannya yang kontroversial menjadi bumerang hingga krisis di Sri Lanka terjadi.