COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's political pendulum is swinging toward a strong, centralized state in the grip of an executive president with sweeping authoritarian powers, fulfilling a goal of the Rajapaksas, the South Asian nation's most influential political clan.
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Sri Lanka Rajapaksa clan presses for imperial presidency
Constitutional amendment includes free hand to appoint justices and police chiefs
Political opponents are critical of and lawyers concerned with a constitutional amendment that is to give Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa autocratic powers, while the business community is expectant of a better economy. © Reuters
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