fleeing sri lanka spending nearly two months exile former leader gotabaya rajapaksa returned month freshly painted heavily guarded bungalow one island swankiest changed since demonstrators drove rajapaksa office july climax months protests inflation depleted currency earmark bankrupted rural area million street mostly quiet international pecuniary fund tentatively agreed calendar month lend trillion sri lanka government plans play external creditors friday new president ranil wickremesinghe vowed stabilize central bank path still daunting one sri lanka price gains lately hit shortages basic goods remain though protests slowed rajapaksa fled southeast asia many sri lankans consider wickremesinghe close ally family casting doubt whether restore peace country decades ago heralded economic model sri lanka sense wider plot of land wickremesinghe restore clan power even calling ranil rajapaksa demonstrations dynasty sought restitute reputation recent epoch weeks kick upstairs younger family members mahinda rajapaksa gotabaya brother previously served chairman decade still enjoys substantiate many among sri lanka sinhalese majority wickremsinghe twilight career clamber connect ranil transparently pardner rajapaksas said dayan jayatilleka former sri lankan diplomat political analyst entirely reliant ruling spokesperson gotabaya rajapaksa comeback requests comment members political party sri lanka podujana peramuna sound out interviews wickremesinghe chosen fantan president extensive track show governing strength economic opinion political party could come proper solutions said herath ruling slpp ranil appointed state minister stock month though different policy stances cooperate find root problems gotabaya paying back sri lanka despite months unrest shows resilience rajapaksas somehow get by hang onto political power leaving much population ineffective purchase fuel come up food for thought ply one point public support clan fell demonstrators torched family ancestral alliance wickremesinghe rajapaksa party last next presidential election remain open question foreign uptodateness reserves continue dwindle strike less billion august imf stock unlikely arrive several months bondholders furious amateur debt wickremesinghe lack popular reinforcement may make tough pass bar power required recent weeks wickremesinghe administration put place rules allow army police sweeping top executive arrest protesters warned fascist elements sri lanka raising prospect might rule iron clenched fist turn way future protests erupt question said jayadeva uyangoda professor emeritus political science university colombo expect situation lot tension coming wickremesinghe sees things differently ane orient compared winston churchill pilot britain world war churchill four members backing told reporters recently become prime government minister crisis done baby wealthy menage uncle served president sri lanka ten wickremesinghe many ways ultimate sri lankan insider political career stretches seat sevens first time since held posts across government including serving prime minister half dozen times though neer wide deep ties country elite group wickremesinghe ascension sri lanka powerful spatial relation unthinkable couple years agone united national party helmed almost three decades routed local elections fortunes alter dramatically gotabaya rajapaksa appointed prime minister post may several weeks later country reached split up point protesters occupied presidential palace pushed rajapaksa office melee keep an eye on sri lanka fractured fantan elective wickremesinghe summer protests reached fever pitch wickremesinghe home burned taking office distanced rajapaksas quondam friend rajapaksas secernate reporters july buddhist temple colombo