What would be the next move by the foreign backers of the Yahapalana regime?

It is interesting to see the powerful foreign patrons of the Yahapalana regime namely the Western Imperialists and the Indian Expansionists are now up to with the unexpected massive electoral defeat suffered by their puppet regime in Sri Lanka. Since there is virtually no chance of Yahapalana regime making any electoral victories at the upcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections ,paving the way for Pohottuwa being the sure winner, the most likely course action on the part of its foreign patrons would be to physically eliminate the key figure behind the Pohottuwa's victory, Mahinda Rajapaksha. Eliminating the key figures, especially in the Third World, who are not prepared to follow the whims and fancies of the West has been the tried and tested modus operandi on the part of the West. The West and India thought that they got rid of the former president Mahinda politically with the installation of their Yahapalana puppet regime in 2015. But they soon realized that they were wrong having seen the massive public support that Mahinda was still enjoying despite the fact that it took full three years to prove it electorally.        

In an earlier post of mine in June 2015 before the General Election I suspected that their prime target would be Gotabhaya Rajapakasha. With the new turn of events, Mahinda would be the most likely immediate target. It is up to Mahinda and the fellow patriot Sri Lankans to protect him with this very real danger.