Sri Lanka’s former defence chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa was declared the winner in the country’s presidential election on November 17, 2019.  Gotabaya was Sri Lanka’s defence minister from 2005-2015, during the presidency of his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa. During their administration, authorities brought to a controversial end a decades-long insurgency by the militant group commonly known as the Tamil Tigers.  The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fought for an independent Tamil state in the…