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The Rajapaksa family is a Sri Lankan family that is prominent in politics. It was one of Sri Lanka's most powerful families during Mahinda Rajapaksa's Presidency, where many members of the family occupied their senior positions in the Sri Lankan state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2012/sri-lanka )〕 Following the unexpected defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa's 2015 Presidential Election, many accused of the Rajapaksas on becoming increasingly authoritarian, corrupted, nepotism and bad governance. There are numerous of reports suggested that the family is claiming to be the monarchy of Sri Lanka and heading toward to autocracy. The Rajapaksas became unpopular among of the minority ethnics over their support to the Buddhist extremist Bodu Bala Sena that attacks on minority ethnics, However the Rajapaksa enjoys great popularity among majority of Sinhala population because of the victory over the Tamil Tigers in 2009. ==History== The Rajapaksas are a rural land-owning family from the village Giruwapattuwa in the southern district of Hambantota. The family owned paddy fields and coconut plantations. One of its members, Don David Rajapaksa, held the feudal post of Vidanarachchi in Ihala Valikada Korale.〔 The family entered the political scene when Don David Rajapaksa's son Don Mathew Rajapaksa was elected in 1936 to represent Hambantota district in the State Council. Don Mathew died in 1945 and at the resulting by-election his brother Don Alwin Rajapaksa was elected without a contest. At the 1947 parliamentary election two members of the family were elected to represent both of the constituencies in Hambantota district. Don Alwin Rajapaksa was elected MP for Beliatta and Lakshman Rajapaksa (Don Mathew's son) was elected MP for Hambantota.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 )〕 The Rajapaksas continued to dominate politics in Hambantota district for next three decades with two other members of the family (George Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa) also entering parliament. The Rajapaksas were represented in the country's legislatures continuously from 1936 till 1977.〔 The family wasn't represented in parliament after the UNP landslide at the 1977 parliamentary election. The family re-emerged as the dominant political force in Hambantota district when Mahinda and his brother Chamal Rajapaksa were elected in 1989 Parliamentary election to represent Hambantota Electoral District.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1989 )〕 They were later joined by Nirupama Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa. Although the Rajapaksas had dominated politics in Hambantota district since 1936, national politics had been dominated by other families such as Senanayakes and Bandaranaikes. This changed in 2005 when Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected president. Since then members of the family have been appointed to senior political positions. Immediately after being elected president Mahinda appointed his brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa as Defence Secretary (the most senior civil service position in the Ministry of Defence). Another brother, Basil Rajapaksa, was appointed Senior Presidential Advisor. In 2010 Mahinda Rajapaksa was re-elected President contesting against a grand opposition coalition that included UNP, TNA, JVP. At the 2010 Parliamentary Elections, Chamal Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa and Namal Rajapaksa were elected. Basil Rajapaksa received 425,100 preferential votes from the Gampaha District, the highest by any candidate at the 2010 General election while Namal Rajapaksa obtained 147,568 preferential votes from Hambantota District, the highest majority percentage-wise at the election.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Results of Parliamentary General Election 2010 Gampaha District )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Results of Parliamentary General Election 2010 Hambantota District )〕 Subsequently, Chamal was elected as the Speaker of Parliament unanimously and Basil was appointed as the Minister of Economic Development. Between them the three Rajapaksa brothers are in charge of five government ministries: Defence & Urban Development, Law & Order, Economic Development, Finance & Planning and Ports & Highways. At one point the brothers reportedly directly controlled 70% of the national budget. The Rajapaksas denied having control over such amounts. According to the 2014 budget the brothers have been allocated 47% of the national budget (40% of recurrent budget and 57% of capital budget).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.documents.gov.lk/Bills/2013/Appropriation%20Bill/E.pdf )〕 Numerous other members of the extended family have also been appointed to senior positions state institutions. The accumulation of so much power by one family has inevitably led to accusations of nepotism. The Rajapaksas deny the charges of nepotism even though large amount of corruption, such as the censorship of journalists and the family's unwillingness to yield power to recent victorious Tamils in Northern Sri Lanka, exist everywhere the country.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://transcurrents.com/tc/2010/05/trust_is_the_only_process_we_d.html )〕 Rajapaksa family is no longer described as most powerful families in Sri Lanka after the defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa's administration which resulted in the loss of their senior positions. While some of the brothers of Mahinda Rajapaksa has fled away from the country to avoid being arrested on their corruption and wrongdoer charges, as they fear because they could have been labelled as fugitive by the Sirisena Government. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rajapaksa family」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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