There are many dynastic family-based governments around the world. In some parts of the world that's the way in which politics is done. I don't pass judgment on that. That's beyond my remit.
But the notion that there is less and less room for dissidence, for journalists who disagree, even for members of the military who want to discuss what transpired is now very apparent. That kind of drift towards authoritarianism is in violation of Commonwealth rules and principles and is problematic in terms of Sri Lanka following in the tradition of democracy that is now growing in that part of Asia, in countries with a strong Commonwealth connection. In Sri Lanka, I would argue, it's headed in the opposite direction.